Craving Adventure: A Year in Hungary

A week ago I arrived in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is a southern town in Hungary and is a university town. The town is beautiful and everyone I have met so far is very kind. I could write pages about how wonderful my flat mate is, as well as the seminary student who is interning at the church I am working at. But that is for another time. For this blog, I would like to share my experience at church my first Sunday here. To begin, my mentor is the pastor at the Lutheran church in Szeged. He asked me the day before service if I would be willing to introduce myself to the congregation. I automatically assumed I would need to do it in Hungarian and began practicing the little bit I knew nonstop. When my memoir asked me to introduce myself, I began with Jó napot kívánok (I wish you a good day) and the look that I took to be surprise from my mentor clued me into the idea that he was expecting to translate for me. I was relieved to know the expectations set upon me were not as high as I ha...

Two weeks and 2 days ago I landed in Hungary. Since landing my time here has been nothing short of amazing. I have begun to experience a new culture that I have already fallen in love with. I have many different experiences I would like to share, so below I have catagoirezed different parts of my time here. These are based on my time in Bodrogeresztùr, Hungary, where we stayed at Betlehem ( a retreat center that is gorgeous). If you want to know about the wine tasting we went to with the Roma College Students, and our time worshipping at two different churches, I will be writing all about it in my newsletter! Food Before coming to Hungary, I was told to expect to eat a lot of cabbage. Two weeks in and I have not yet had to eat cabbage. I have, however, gotten to eat cheese in more ways than I ever imagined. I have had cheese in triangles that you spread on bread for breakfast (also, breakfast is bread, cheese, jam, and a ton of fresh vegetables every morning), I have had tùrò (simil...