Tourguide for the Day
Saturday, September 10th, I decide to take a break from working on my proposal and studying Hungarian to play tourguide for the day and take JoAnn (a professor at MIT who is on my dissertation committee) and Elizabeth (a student of JoAnns who stayed with me for the week) on a tour of Castle Hill. JoAnn and Elizabeth are in town for some sleep-inducing conference (ECPR, European Consortium for Political Research). By the last day of the conference we were all pretty burned out and decided to ditch it to take in some of the sites of this fair city.
For all of y'all that are planning on coming over to see me and Budapest, please print out this blog, bring it along, and you too can have a virtual Betsy-guided-tour of the Buda Castle Hill. While you burn multiple calories and tighten your gluttus maximas by climbing the Castle Hill, I will be relaxing in the baths of Gellert but I will be more than happy to meet up with for dinner at Cyranos, my favorite, but somewhat spendy, restaurant (your treat of course).
As you climb up the hill (or ride the funicular if you (1) have blisters; (2) are a lazy American; and/or (3) have an extra 3 bucks on you) you can peer across the river and see the Hungarian parliament building. (Orszaghaz) built between 1885 and 1902.
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The blog looks fantastic, although is your computer clock messed up? September 19th? We thought you were 6 hours ahead, not 8 days!
Our favorite picture so far is the bedside table full of waterglasses... And did you know that you are the only person with a blog on blogspt who has an interest in disasters?
Glad you're doing so well.
We all miss you. j.d.j.d.
thanks j.d.j.d. yep im living about a week ahead of y'all, but hasnt that always been the case? i stuck that disaster word in there in hopes of being contacted by the new york times to discuss my take on katrina. hasnt happened yet--damn it. miss you all too, give the boys kisses and thanks for reading the blog.love, bet
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