My first roof party 30/09/2009

Vorgestern hat mich Noemi zu einer Chorprobe mitgenommen. In der groeßten lutherischen Gemeinde findet diesen Sonntag eine St. Thomas Messe statt habe und dafuer haben wir Taizelieder vorbereitet. War ein echt lustiges Treffen. Im Anschluss sind Lilla, Aaron, Hernika und ich dann noch Kaffee trinken gegangen. Lilla verabschiedete sich danach und wir wollten eigentlich noch in eine Kneipe gehen. Aarons beste Kumples haben ihn dann aber auf eine ihrer Partys eingeladen und Henrika und ich sind spontan mit. Aaron ist ein absolut vertrauesnwuerdiger, hoechst musikalischer und anstaendiger Theologiestudent… wir mussten also keine Angst haben. Außerdem hat er von Anfang an klar gestellt, dass wir nicht solo sind So sind wir also mit der Metro nach Buda gefahren und auf das Dach geklettert. War eine tolle Aussicht, aber die hab ich bestimmt nur zwei Sekunden genossen, bevor ich mich schoen in die Mitte des Daches, also moeglichst weit weg vom Abgrund, gesetzt habe und mich die naechsten drei studen nicht mehr bewegt habe Die Party war lustig, wir hatten aeußerst interessante Diskussionen und ekligen Sahnekuchen (der landete irgendwann in Stuecken auf den vorbeifahrenden Metros). Heimwaerts waren Henrika und ich dann mit dem Nachtbus unterwegs, der praktischer Weise uns beinahe direkt vor die Haustuer fuhr.

Fazit: Dachpartys haben Style, auch mit Hoehenangst!

11 days in Hungary 28/09/2009

Well… I arrived on Friday evening – Julian was bringing me by car. The student pastor welcomed us and so we were told within the first five minutes that we are supposed to leave again on Saturday for a weekend in a youth hostel. Traditionally many students stay the weekend before the term starts in this hostel. So we unpacked all five boxes on Friday evening and packed for the weekend trip. On this meeting we heard about student who were abroad and we got known to the first year students. It was good for Julian and me because we did not meet all students at once…

Julian and I went to the shopping area of Budapest on Sunday afternoon. We found a Subway which I am very happy about. And walked through the street drinking coffee. He left early on Monday morning. I am sure he will shout with me, but never mind: He had big problems to get home. But that is all I can tell. You can ask him why

I am not the only foreign student. There is Henrika from Finland. She will stay here until christmas. She already has learned some Hungarian. That is very helpful. Because we do many things together: Shopping, order an ID for the internet, paying for the keys … She is a nice girl and a little bit older than me. She introduced me to the three girls I met first of all students

I met Maria, an Hungarian girl. She studied in Neuendettelsau before I came and know she studies at Erlangen Theology and “Christliche Publizisitk”. She helped me a lot and it was big fun to talk to her. It is really sad that she left for Erlangen on Friday.

I have not visited many sights yet. Only the castle and the Lutheran Museum when I stayed in may. And on last Saturday I made my first trip all by myself to the city park with his bath and Agriculture Museum (yeah, I am a little bit proud of myself! My family always say that I get lost everywhere… but I did not! ×aellabaetsch×). But Pál, my neighbour, asked my to go out with him and his friends to opera. And on Saturday we are going to eat Indian. And Henrika and I are planning to visit some stuff this week…

What I am doing because I am still not studying and sight seeing? Nothing and reading romans I have vacations! That is so great!!!! One week without doing anything! My first vacations after that disaster in Morocco last summer. Yeah….  but today I started learning Hungarian. I had my first lesson today. And I will visit lecturers about the Old Testament, Hungarian homiletic, Paul Tillich and Hungarian Church History. And I am still trying to organize vocal, guitar and piano lessons. In Hungary it takes a little bit longer to organize something…
Dear Augustanis: If you thought, you have a strange cafeteria, go to Hungary where it is the same. I am not sure, if it was better. Sometimes it is bad. Sometimes is completely bad, may be the pasta is  fabulous. Sometimes everything is okay or almost perfect. You know I am a really difficult eater, but mostly I like the food they serve. But something they have definitely in common: every meal has to consist meat

The religious life: every morning, every evening: prayer. and every Wednesday a worship with communion. And always a lot of singing and music. It is nice. But may be I do not get bored by, because I do not understand one word? And so I do not must have a guilty conscience to be woolgathering? Well, who knows. This sunday the bishop was preaching in our church. It was live on TV. A big event. And a loooooong preach. That was even for me too long. It is funny to watch all the persons get bored and restless.

I think that are the main subjects of my first eleven days in Hungary. I always are delighted about emails

Countdown läuft 15/09/2009

Am Freitag geht´s los mit einem vollbepackten Auto. Konnte mich schweren Herzens auf fünf große Umzugskartons beschränken.