I am 20. It doesn't really feel too different, but it is a bit strange to think about. It's just too bad I still have 364 days until I can enjoy certain legal rights in the US that I can exercise here in Europe... The weekend was so crazy, it was nice to have a bit of calm on my actual birthday yesterday. Late last night we all went out in the rain and got gelato- my professor bought it for me!
The trip yesterday was amazing- at Visegrad we went up to a castle (Visegrad castle) with the most amazing views of the Danube bend- the point at which the Danube river (In Hungarian, it's name is Duna) switches from flowing East to flowing South. At Visegrad, The Danube is the border between Hungary and Slovakia, so we crossed the bridge and I got to return to Slovakia on my birthday! (We stopped briefly in Slovakia for lunch when I came abroad after my freshman year of high school)
The River Steward in me is loving the Danube.
Today, after an Econ test and a slightly overwhelming French class, I took a long walk along the Danube, which in the city separates Buda from Pest. I was reminded of my time in Boston last summer- when things got overwhelming, all I needed to do was walk and sit along the Charles and everything would calm down. Rivers are so universal- cultures all over the world build along the river for a number of reasons. A river both divides cultures- dividing countries or cities, for instance- and brings them together- everything along a river is connected.
Well, that's enough rambling about rivers. Now look at these pretty pictures:
The view from Visegrad:
a quick little sketch I did of the Chain Bridge on my walk this afternoon
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