Home sweet home.

so.. I finally decided to make the big decision to come home.
I do not regret going to hungary and appreciate all the support from everyone but for me coming home was best.

I have been home for almost 24 hours and feel very good about my decision.

I miss everyone in Hungary but being home is an amazing feeling!

It was a great two months...but i can safely say i will not be going outside of michigan for more than 3 weeks for a very very long time:)

venice

I went on a trip to venice last weekend with about 20 rotary exchange students in Hungary. The trip started off wonderfully in Budapest because when i got to the meeting spot i spotted a starbucks from 1000 ft away and started to run. Starbucks felt like home. I ordered my venti soy chai in english and finally someone really understood. Starbucks looks the same on either side of the world.

The bus ride to venice was about 9 hours. none of us minded because it was really great to be back with the other exchange students. We arrived in venice about 9 am and started touring around. We started our day at a little cafe having a typical italian breakfast and then shopped shopped shopped...looked around. Had a wonderful expensive amazing italian pizza then shopped shoppped shopped some more..I could walk around in venice for weeks. Dinner my friend madison and I went to a little restaurant  and had amazing ravioli. walked around and went back to the bus.

It was an amazing trip with some amazing people

:)

Horses? Ok!

Ok so today I am putting my fears aside and going horseback riding:) and I'm strangely excited. I finished my frog sculpture at school today and it turned out pretty cool! Tomorrow i go on a rotary trip to Venice which I think will be amazing :):):) I will post Monday about horses and Venice!!!

i am alive

I guess my puncuality has started to fail after being in hungary a month in a half...blogging two days later than i usually do...it is a crime. sorry to everyone who waits for my blog on mondays=)

Well life has been pretty uneventful school is exactly the same every week so no news there...this past weekend i went to vilanne with my familz and other rotary exchange students. it was very similar to the wine festival in pecs the weekend before.

Homesickness i have confirmed is not the big issue. Language makes up some of my frustration. and with NOTHING being similar to home makes up another large part of my homesickness. I have no european traits so everything is different for me. Dont get me wrong i am enjoying myself here..but i miss home so much. my family here is great but again polar opposite of my family in America.

I continue to say awful things in hungarian trying to say simple words like "run" i accidently yell "penis" excuse my language...or instead of saying i am hot i said i am gay...simple mistakes create humorous situations.

Last night all 5 of us in pecs attended a rotary meeting and said a few sentences in hungarian...dont let this fool you a month into it and i can barely have an introductory convo.

I am talking to home less and less...but I am still very sad here. Ali i know i promised you a happy blog but with today being a not so good day i couldnt make it happen.

When zou are used to living the busiest life possible and then go to another country and have no freinds no job no volunteering...it is a little strange.

I hope to adjust but we will see=)=) 

I miss everzone at home so so much and i think about everyone every day.

I love getting emails and mail and love to send postcards so if you want address or want to give me yours send it to my email=)

margaretsmith713@gmail.com

Maggie