DAY 170 - Another "dusty" blog... Jurney to Christmass

For this blog I would like to put more effort in it because the story of our jurney is prety interesting. That's why I will try to comment as many images as possible.

I will try to write everything in the way so that also our friends who are not EVS volunteers can understand what is all about.

After the mid term meeting in Terchova we got the invitation from Sandrine (another EVS volunteer from France) to stay for Christmass and New Year's hollidays in a very nice appartment in the center of Budapest! How she got to the appartment? Well... long story... she has a friend from France who is studying in Budapest and so on...

Our jurney started when we picked up Celine in Banská Štiavnica and went towards to the Hungarin border and Budapest. It was Azra, Celine and me driving with my small Renault 5. A wonderful car! Budapest is just app. 150 km from Banská Štiavnica, so it was a MUST SEE for us.

What you see here is alreay across the Hungarian border. Maybe you will not believe it, but we were 6 in the car + all the baggage!!! The Šahy border was our meeting point with Sandrine (France), Minna (Finland) and Gisele (Brasil).

This was a real adventure! First me Azra and Celine crossed the border. I dropped the two girls on the Hungarian side. Then I went back alone to the Slovak side, picked up the other three girls, who hitchiked till the border.

Why this procedure? Well... imagine this: a small french car with Slovenian registration table, two french girls, one girl from Finland, one from Slovenia and the 5th girl from Brasil!!! And of course me... the only boy. I felt like someone that is smuggling illegal emigrants. :) Not to mention that we could hardly manage to get in the car. In first place it is very difficult to put 6 people in that car. Immagine then 6 people + all the baggage for 6 people! It is just CRAZY!!! Then there was this funny fact that we also had one girl from Brasil and I guess that the policemen on the border did not see a Brasilian passport in their life until then. :)))) It was funny because we were standing on the border check for app. 15 minutes, because they had to check if Gisele (from Brasil) was in order. :)

But this was the easiest part. We still had to put everyone in the car and drive app. 80 km to Budapest!!!


But as you see we somehow succeded. Do you see their smiles? Well... it was funny for them, but not so funny for me and my car. :)

Maybe you can see why. :))))

But we happilly arrived to our destination and for that we had to make a toast.

Then the preparations started.

This is how our Christmass dinner looked like bfore we started eating.


Gisele was making WONDERFUL cheese-bread. As she told us this is what they traditionally use to make in Brasil, especially at their home. Mhmmmmm I can still smell them. :) The flower was especially sent from Brasil by her mother. You can hardly find the same flower in Europe! some special Brasilian vegetable.


Minna's friend from america... I must say that I forgot his name... Jacob? Something like that. A wonderful guitar player... but, the guitar is mine. :) Minna, please remind me his name, so that I can write it.
Me.
Gisele on a special phone call. Her family from Brasil was on. It was a very moving moment. Gisele, we must come to visit you in Žilina... ASAP!!!

Azra, Celine, gisele.

Budapest in the night.


A very nice "Illy cafe" bar in the old center of Budapest.
The hot chocolate was very nice.
The owner was VERY, BUT VERY KIND! Thank you!



Oh, another thing! We had to celebrate one more holliday - GISELE'S BIRTHDAY! As we were told, in Brasil they crash eggs on your head the first day in the morning of your birthday... soooooo..... :)

Then we went for a walk.


















So, in Budapest we had ups and downs... that's life. but to be honest we enjoed every single moment of it, because I know it is once in life that you live moments like this. So me and azra would like to thank Sandrine and all the other EVS volunteers that were sharing wonderful moments with us. We sincerely look forward to new moments together before we all get back home.

And of course... we already have new adventures to write about, but till then HAVE A NICE TIME!

DAY 170 - We are still here :)

Yes, as the tittle is suggesting, we are still here, still breathing! :) For me and Azra it is the 170th day since we first came to Banská Štiavnica and I give you pictures that are maybe 3 months old :))))). However, this is better than nothing I think. :) This pictures were waiting form me to be commented a looong time on the blogger as a draft and finally here I'm doing what I was supposed to do many weeks ago.

In order to not to lose time I will just start commenting the images and in further blogs I will write more about current situation here in BŠ.

The images you are seeing are from Bratislava a few days before the Terchova mid term meeting. We had some work in the Scouting Slovakia headquarters, because they were moving everything to the new office.









This is Azra and me in the the Chinese restaurant.




This pictures are for those who maybe believe that we are not doing anything. :)

And for you EVS friends, here are pictures that you maybe already know. I give you Terchova. :)