Kolozsvár Romania

We got into Romania on Friday afternoon after a very long bus ride.
Right after arriving from an 8 hour bus ride to Kolozsvár,  we had to go in and play a game against a top Romanian team. We had no time to rest.
The pool was very pretty and we played in a 33 meter field, which is a much larger pool than what we play in the States.
Even though we were very tired from the bus ride, we still beat the team 16-9.
Tibi, my Hungarian brother, got bit by one of the "Gypsy" Romanians. There is a lot of bad blood between the Romanian and the Hungarian water polo teams. These games are very rough.

This is the pool

Weekend Tournament

Heading off to Romania for a tournament this weekend
Its a good tournament and my team should do very well

Hope to bring good news when i get back on sunday

Budafoka vs. FTC

On Sunday my team had a game vs. FTC at our home pool.
We had a full house watching in the stands, because FTC is ranked #2 in all of Hungary.
It was a very tight game, but Budafoka held on to a 1 point lead for the last 3 minutes and beat FTC.
This was a great win for Budafoka.
http://www.waterpolo.hu/meccsadatok/92/meccs_10891.html
These are the stats of the game
Next weekend we travel to Transylvania for a big tournament.

Visit to Visegrád

Today we traveled out to the mountains.
We began our day at the highest point in Hungary to go sledding in the snow.
But we saw that it had been too hot this past week, so the snow melted and the mountain was too rocky to sled in the 4 or 5 cm of snow that was left.

Highest Point in Hungary 1014 meters

Then we went to the first capital of Hungary, Visegrád.
It is located north of Budapest next to the Danube.
It was the main castle of Hungary and during the middle ages most of the population lived only in that region.
We toured the castle.

School Bus

So I have been taking this school bus home for the last week.

This bus picks me up around 4 blocks away from my school and drops me off very close to my home in Budafok.

The only drag is that it takes an hour to get there and the bus is always packed full of people everyday.

Cold Soup in a Cold Hungary

A very popular soup in the winter in Hungary is Kocsonya.

It's a soup that is cooked for 5+ hours.

After it's cooked it's taken outside and sits in the -degree weather.

Then around dinner time it has hardened like gelatin and is ready to eat.

This meal is so popular that the city I was in last weekend even had their own festival dedicated to this soup.

It was -8 during the festival and people were still enjoying themselves eating this cold treat,

although they were drinking hot wine with it.

Relaxing at the Thermal Pools

On Saturday we went off to one of the many thermal hot springs in Hungary. This one has been around since the 1890's, but was remodeled in 2002.

It made for a great place to rest for the day, because this upcoming week is going to be hard with all the homework I have and practices at night.