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Diaporama by Raul.

That's it... Fall break. Amazing how the time is running! We are already at the end of October.
Everybody is gone, but I stay in Szeged. I were to Budapest to pick my bro. and we met István (we slept in his flat ^^).
We made a sight seeing (as usual). Then we ate in a typical hungarian restaurant. And thanks to István, we didn't the service include on the bill... yep yep I saw the others bills and there are only tourists in the restaurant so they added the service in the bill... and of course we were at Szimpla Kert Mozi (my favourite bar in BP).

The water tower of Szeged


The city hall


The cathedral (Dóm)


Manuel, my brothe at the Communist' bar


Inside the Communist' bar


Inside the Communist' bar


Who said tourists ?


Coffee break watching the sun set


In the Metro station


Isván and Pierre-Yves...in a restaurant-bar at Vací út.


The longuest tram in Europe


Look carefully at the sign...Tractors are prohibited in down town...Why ? To protect the city from peasant events

More picture on the picasaweb album of my bro.

Hey, I will be in Budapest this week-end : shopping, restaurant and FIESTA!
I'll go on friday around 5PM from Szeged, and with PIC (Pierre-Yves)

• Day 1 : Arrival In BD, Rugby match, meeting with Marius
  
• Day 2 : Shopping, meeting with Oliv' andMeuhMeuh
  
• Day 3 : Meeting with Anne-Laure and her boyfriend
  
• Day 4 : Sightseeing and go back home
  

Day 1 : Arrival In BD, Rugby match, meeting with Marius

Pierre and me, took the train of 4:45PM to BD. The way was quite long, but no more changes on the way. (That's was great!). Arrival in BD around 8PM. We were fastly at the River Side hostel, to let our bags. Then direction the French Institute, to watch the small final of the Rugby World Cup (France against Argentina). Just to inform you, France loose 10 to 34... The atmosphere was quite funny in the Institute : people was yelling French bad words against the TV. And a guy (maybe 16) was completely drunk, and near us...and the worst, supporting Argentina.
After the game, we meet Marius (from the Summer School), at Széchényi bridge, and we were at bar inside the University (what it's the name ? but beer have "normal" price... it was more like prices in Szeged). After fews beers, and for me Baileys and when we were putting out, we were at Szimpla Kert Mozi. (I really love this place). So we do the same : beers and baileys...until the end.


Me eating an apple, in the train to BD.

PIC.

Day 2 : Shopping, meeting with Oliv' andMeuhMeuh

The wake up was hard, but it was around 9:30AM, because we plane to do shopping in city center. First, we "breakfast-lunch" at Vapiano. You must go to this restaurant. The principle is great. When you enter in, s.o. give you a card, where what you order will be on, and pay at the end. You choose the sauce, the pasta and they made it in front of you (with fresh pasta). It the same with pizza, but you get a remote control, which ring when your pizza is ready. The ambiance is simple but also design. You can see different plants (basilca, menthol) growing for cooking.
After this amazing lunch, we were in Vaci utca for shooping. I think, I could buy a lot of things in Zara's but I bought 2 t-shirt.
At the evening, we had dinner in the Japanese restaurant (Planet Sushi) on Oktogon Place, where I ate maki (mmmmmhhhhh!). It was quite good, and unfortunately I wasn't so hungry when we were at the restaurant.
We meet Oliv' and MeuhMeuh, for starting our White Night. To resume we planned, to go to a Gay's bar...drink...go to Szimpla...drink...go to baths at 6AM next day. And we made it! with some difficulties...but we made it ^^
First, we wanted to go to a Gay's bar...around 9PM, the night club was empty...normal.
So, we decided to go to see a friend of Oliv' and MeuhMeuh, because they were going to West Balkan (a night club).... The flat was great...but they were watching pool on TV...so boring. We decided to motived everybody to go out. So we were at WB, but not a long time... The place didn't like to Oliv' and Pierre-Yves...
We moved again to the Alibi's (Gay's bar), where we can see the show of Drag Queen's... The way to go to eat something at 5AM was quite hard, and after go back to Domino Hostel. Personnally, I was sleeping. But really, Pierre has to hold me...to make me walk (Poor Pierre, I'm sorry). We walk a lot! But we took the subway to go to bath. At the Deak Ferenc station, the ship started, and controlers were everywhere...So dishonest guys! We can't buy alone our ticket... He asked us 300HUF to take the metro...and of course, everything goes in his pocket.
During the way, Oliv' try to make us laughing...with some jokes... I can told you some...but it works only in French (Sorry!).
The sun wasn't wake up yet...we were in the baths for the sun shine... It was amazing. The weather was very cold, and we were outside in this hot water (38°C). Looking at the sunshining. Amazing! Totally crazy. It was our price for the hard night.

Saké's glass.

Sticks at the Japanese restaurant.

PIC in the Szimpla Kert Mozi.

MeuhMeuh and Oliv' in the Szimpla Kert Mozi.

MeuhMeuh and Oliv' in the Szimpla Kert Mozi.

In the (long) tramway.

The Széchéyi bath.

Pierre sleeping, because of maybe 7 hours of sleep in 2 days.

Day 3 : Meeting with Anne-Laure and her boyfriend

We came back at the hoste around 11AM...It was sunday, and we were surprised to see people sleeping... we need one hour to realize that it was sunday's morning. So it's quite usual to sleep a lot. White night can disturb us...Anyway, Pierre wanted to go out, we came back just to let our bags...but I can't... I was completely destroy, I just wanted to sleep. So I slept. I let Pierre join Oliv' and MeuhMeuh in city center. When I wake up, Pierre came back and he slept just 1h30... Not enough for me!
After that, we wanted to try a restaurant near "Mammut" (commercial center) which was recommanded by Oliv' and MeuhMeuh. Anne-Laure and her boyfriend (Yannick...if I'm right) join us, in this "authentic" hungarian restaurant, decorated in wood. The main dishes were also in wood's plates :). Good adress! As usual you can eat for less than 10 euro (wine included!)...I love Hungary
Anyway, after that we go to Blue's café...the bar was empty...there were 4 people...and it was us! So we played cso cso :)...We have to balance the team : Pierre and Anne-Laure against Yannick and me. I don't know how many parties we made... but it was great...even I don't like cso cso. I'm very bad!
Budapest was too quiet! Amazing : where were the people ?
We go to Szimpla Kert (*love love love*), where we show the table with all our tags...from the day before. Chatting, drinking...
We go back to our hostel, passing by a shop to buy wine and beer (only for the way). We played poker, we try to learn it to Pierre and AL. But has usual we made a "Who ride the bus?" (Thanks a lot Rasmus ). Around 3AM, AL and her boyfriend leave us. And we go to bed...(ah sweet night...sleeping, sleeping, sleeping). The more amazing was to see Jagoda in the same hostel (which is hard to find) and in the same dormitory... It was a chock. (No offence Blueberry...)

Day 4 : Sightseeing and go back home
Around 11AM, one of the receptionist came to wake up us...we have to leave beds.
We walk in the city to find a place to eat. The city was like dead...yes, we missed all the demonstration for this national day. (D**n!). We came back to Szeged at 7:30PM....for the French fries party
Mmmmmmhhhh French fries home made by Oliv'. It isn't the more dietetic, but french's fries home made...

I'm going to write articles in english, for all the foreigners :).

I've to speak about the European Club, tonight it's the Spanish party... It sounds great!

In few words : sangria, tortilla de patatas, paella, spanish music...but unfortunaletly no quaimada. Oscar's drunk...and A. was very nervious, because we come at 8:30PM...instead of 8PM.
We ate a lot, drink a lot...and drunk Oscar, to forget that A. make him nervous. But I think, most everybody was drunk, except me, Marlene and PIC... For me, it's because I pay some "palinka akcio" to Oscar. So "zero risk" to be drunk:). But we come back around 2AM...We've got class at 9:45 the day after...
It was quite hard to wake up, but all the courses were interesting*


Meuhmeuh and Oliv'


Can you imagine...I was playing cso cso... but of course, we lost, because PIC also said "Ok the last ball is the Gold goal"... It wasn't a good idea!

*Copyright to Istvan

Sziastok !

Le « summer school » s'achève ce vendredi (24/08). Ces quatre semaines ont défilées à une vitesse folle. Le moment des « au revoir » approche ainsi que celui du contrôle de nos connaissances.
Avec au programme, une partie orale et une autre écrite.
Mais avant cela, il y a eut d'autres excursions... d'autres soirées...
Après l'excusion à Hódmezővásárhely (je fais du copier/coller du nom de la ville...) devait avoir lieu le 11 août; la soirée internationale (International evening) où nous devions cuisiner un plat typique de notre pays. Cette soirée a été déplacé le 19 août en raison du Sziget festival, grand rassemblement musical à Budapest. Plusieurs d'entre nous y sont allés le week-end du 11 août.
Ainsi la soirée internationale a eu lieu dimanche... j'y reviendrai plus tard.
Le dimanche 12, fût l'excusion a Gyula (je n'y suis pas allée)...voici quelques photos (tout de même) :










La semaine du 13 au 17 août, notre classe « English beginners » avons pu avoir les cours de magyar par une des enseignantes du bureau des cours d'été : Edith.
Les cours était plus dynamique : prononciation, chant ... et danses :







Le vendredi 17 a eut lieu notre pendaison de crémaillière (house-warming). Quelques photos de notre appartement suivi de notre soirée :

La cuisine.


Ma chambre.


Le salon qui fait aussi office de chambre pour Marlène.


Nos vélos...




Ania (PL), Marlène et moi.

Istvan (HU), Marlène et moi.

Era.
Nous avons été surprise de voir autant de nos camarades de classe... La soirée fût très bien et bien arrosée... Elle a débuté dans notre appartement puis direction « ÙjSzegedi » (le nouveau Szeged) pour assister au concert donné par Era, une étudiante du bureau des cours d'été. Malheuresement la soirée s'est achevée sous la pluie (oui le temps est très changeant à Szeged)...mais heureusement les taxis ne sont pas très chers (800 HUF à 3, pour rentrer à l'appartement)...
La nuit a été court (car nous sommes rentrés tard) car le lendemain, nous avons eu la journée sportive (« Sport day »). Nous nous sommes rendus en bus à 20 minutes de Szeged (dans un bus bondé...existe-t-il en Hongrie des lois pour la surcharge dans les bus ?) dans un camping muni de grand espace vert, des snacks et un piscine mi-lac/mi-piscine. L'eau était vaseuse et pleine de poissons... mais elle était très bonne (surtout par ce beau temps).



Mi-lac, mi-piscine...
Nous étions accompagnés d'Era (la chanteuse) et son « boyfriend », Csilla et Anna (aka Panka). Après notre soirée, les plus courageux ont participés à cette journée. Au programme : mimétisme, concours de château de sable, course de natation, badminton, volley-ball, foot...free-time.
Mais la journée était plus de la relaxation que du sport... car Era était tout aussi fatiguée que nous... Tout de même voici quelques photos :

L'équipe n°3 (« harom »), vainqueur du concours de châteaux de sable.

Marlène.

Katka (CZ) et moi.
Pour le dimanche 19 août, Marlène et moi avont préparé une « Quiche Lorraine » qui a d'ailleurs eu un très fort succès auprès des autre étudiants mais aussi des enseignants. Certains (végétariennes et musulmane) auraient bien voulu y goûté aussi.
Au menu : Salade grecque (GR), Suomi et oeufs au beurre (FI), Penne (IT), Quiche Lorraine (IT), Szegedi Goulash (CZ), Pomme de terre avec sauce moutarde et oeuf dur (DE), , Salade de pomme de terre (DE), Omellette de pomme de terre (SP), Salade de hareng (PL), Salade de hareng et choux rouge (RU), Tomate et aubergine farcie (TK), ...et des plats hongrois : soupe de poisson, goulash...et biensûr de nombreux desserts :Cookies (US/GB), Gâteau au beurre et chocolat (DE)....
Le repas fût copieux, mais nous étions tous contents et tout le monde a bien voulu participé. Les cuisiniers du Panzio n'étaient pas franchement heureux de voir tellement de personnes utiliser leur cuisine...

Les spécialités cuisinées par les étudiants.

Le lundi 20, est un jour férié (fête nationale) en Hongrie. Pour cette occasion, l'excursion a eut lieu à Opusztaszer dans le Parc mémorial national.
Le parc était plein : cérémonie, exposion sur l'inondation qui détruisa Szeged, fresque panoramique sur Arpad (premier chef de Hongrie), reconstition de ville hongroise ancienne...







Le ridicule ne tue pas...


A 21h, des feux d'artifices ont été tiré au dessus d'un des pont de Szeged. La ville était d'ailleurs noire de monde.

En attendant les feux d'artifices...sur les rives de la Tisza.




Le final.

Voilà pour les nouvelles !

A bientôt,
Marianne S.