So, I am currently in the process of thinking about packing whilst in the knowledge that I have to be done by tomorrow because I am leaving to catch a lift into Budapest at 3am. the concert in Sibiu was rather lovely, although for some reason people seemed very loath to applaud the musicians, so most of the time there I was, the peculiar foreigner on her own leading the applause. The recorder player actually made the concert for me - he is a legend and he was Fr...

Yesterday I returned from the lovely little town (sorry, city) of Pecs in southern Hungary, having stayed the night there with Alessahdra and Mewine and even more lovely Italians and French all volunteering there. I only wish i had heard of EVS before I started my gap year.The centre of the old town is really lovely and interesting if you igore the McDonalds in the corner.There is right in the middle a mosque. well, actually the original building was a church whi...

on Friday I roused myself reasonably early, determined to go to Szentendre after my lack of movement yesterday. Actually that's not quite right. I went to the Palace in Godollo and just had enough money to enter on a student ticket. Twas a royal palace fallen on hard times, not kept up by the owners properly which is always sad to see. But now they have restored many of the rooms and you can wander around pretending you are of noble descent if you ignore the ...

oh happy day what wonderful weather we are having for the time of year. Have spent the past few days exploring Budapest and its attractions and let me say right now that there is plenty to do for pretty much anyone. I have been to numerous museums, including the eerie terror haza which was the centre of activities (including torture in the cellars) for the red arrow party in the second world war and the secrfet police of the communist era. there are some incredib...