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Ok so decenber was a little more eventful. One
of the exchange students went home to South Africa on the fifth, all
Australians and South Africans come and go around December or January.
We went to the airport to see her off - she cried a river and so did
her closest friends, it looked lie a competition for who could let out
the most water. On the way to the airport though (via metro) i got a
first-hand look at cruelty toward gypsies. This gypsy boy was playing
with some acetone or something (at least it smelled like polish remover,
and he wasnt bothering anyboby, just blowing in his acetone bag), and
all of a sudden a man stood up and burst the bag in the boy"s face. The
boy was blinded, burning and screaming hysterically - he was having a
royal fit. Needless to say, that wasnt one of the highlights of my
stay. December 6 was the day of Santa"s first coming. Parents give
children everything from sausage to chocolate, and give each other
everything from coffee to whiskey - but its only a small gift, the big
one is on the 25th.
On the 7th I went to a wedding in Miskolc
(approx 2 hours from Budapest) with my second host mother, and her
nephew. It was cold as I dont know what!! There were like a million
people in the bride"s little house, eating, of course (duh), and getting
ready to go to the wedding. The wedding started at around 3:30 and
didnt end until 5 the next morning. they went to a town hall first to
sign the papers, and secondly to a church to keep with tradition.
Before they left the house though, there was this little ceremony
performed by the MC, the groom, two women and the bride. The MC asks
the groom if he wants one of the two women, and of course the groom says
no. Then the MC brings the bride and the groom chooses her. At the
reception all they do is eat, eat, eat, and drink, drink, drink. They
also have games and traditonal Hungarian dancing.
Well this month I think I will be going up
north to see the thicker snow (if it snows), and of course I will
PARTY!! Neway look at the pictures.
NOTE: The pictures are HERE
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