Hey Y’all,

Just a brief post tonite as I am exhausted.

First and foremost – this will be esp. important to those who visit me here – szia (see-yuh) is how you greet people here and hello means goodbye. Ya got that? It’s the opposite of our way. I am having the hardest time getting that right and cracking up when I hear my colleagues ending a call with “hello.” 🙂

I had orientation today at work and met a fellow Buckeye (from Dayton)! Woo Woo! We’re having lunch Friday and I look forward to hearing her impressions of the city. She is fairly new here too, having arrived only last October. I also tried a traditional Hungarian spread at lunch which is something like cottage cheese w/ onion (YES, I ate onions!) and paprika. It was pretty good and my Hungarian colleagues seemed impressed that I was willing to try it.

After work I hung out with a Hungarian friend I met when we were both living in Munich. It was nice to see a familiar face and catch up.

Ok, boring post but I’m falling asleep on the keyboard….

C