Great Tuesday

Yes, another day was great! It started out as a rainy day. The workers in Szechenyi Ter are still there well prepared and working hard to finish the project. I went for the English class. There were two very motivated students who first wanted help with a translation of an assignment from Hungarian to English. Then we did a reading comprehension lesson about Norovirus. I truly love working with these students for they are very motivated.

On the way back from my office I spotted some people puzzling over if the postcards had the right postage and one asked in English, "Do you have to mail them from Hungary?" I approached them and asked if they were American. Yes, indeed, and then the world got smaller. They were all from Minnesota on a tour sponsored by the Rochester Post-Bulletin. And yes, they were Minnesotans for the first question they asked me when they learned I had been here since Januar 25 was "What is winter like here?" I showed them where the post office was off in the distance and they started away. Then the two women from the group came back and said, "We really are Americans. We went off without even saying 'thank you." Nice to talk with someone from "home."

I went to McDonald's and couldn't believe my eyes. The first thing I did was whip out the camera to take the above photo. Feketeribizlis means Black Currant, and some of my Polish friends who know me well, will know exactly why I was delighted. Today I had the nady shake and will probably try one of everything before this special disappears. You all know what McFlurry and McFreeze is. Pite is the Hungarian word for Pie, and the dish in the front is apparently pite with ice cream with black currant syrup.

I made a small amount of progress is continuing to develop the course that I will teach at the end of April, and then took a nap.

Later in the afternoon I went to American Corner to deliver some books. By then the rain had disappeared and the seductive feel of spring was again in the air. I didn't want to go back and work! I wandered over to Szechenyi Ter and noticed the door to the Nador Gallery was open and that the exhibit was new since I had last visited. The Nador Gallery is in the space of the former Nador Hotel and is being used as gallery until a plan is made for how this space will be used more permanently. The building has been stripped to the bare walls, hence the background you will see behind the pictures.

The theme of this exhibit is "Workers of the World Unite." In a former Communist country, this phrase undoubtly has meanings that I can't quite comprehend. However, I thought the purpose of this exhibit was to explore many different kinds of work and actions we might not define as work.

This interesting piece has a title that translates to "Searchlight Model." It is very beautiful. This photo doesn't do it justice.

This piece is called Wasps.

Sorry, don't have the title for this piece, but I'm sure everyone will get the idea.

This piece is called Relax.

If this one looks a bit strange, that is because it is on the ceiling of one of the Gallery rooms. I am so blessed to be able to walk just 5 minutes out the door and have so much fun.

And now a question for everyone, for the next class on Tuesday, I will teach it alone. I asked the students for ideas and they said, "Anything American."  I'm running out of ideas of what to discuss. Please send me some comments. And if it helps these are health care students. I'll appreciate your ideas.