Into the twenties!

So September 11th was my birthday, and I wanted to describe how well my day went. I had been out the night before my birthday with some of my new friends for their birthdays. It was a lot of fun. I went to multiple bars, met a lot of really cool people, and even had some friends buy me an amazing birthday drink come midnight. It was this great cocktail with black cherry juice, peach juice, lete juice (some nut), rum, and lime. It was probably the best drink I have ever had, and I'm so grateful to my friend for making it. Here are some pictures for you.

Anyways, on to my actually birthday. The day got off to a great start because I didn't have a 8am class and got to sleep in (which I really appreciated after the late night). I got ready and went to class. My first class of the day was Graph Theory which I liked (and intend to stay in). I went to MPS (Mathematical Problem Solving) even though I didn't intend to take the class, but now I LOVE it. It was sooo much like work I'd do in high school math team and the problems were really exciting. The prof's grading system is great and I love his enthusiasm (it's refreshing but not over powering). I then went to a class called Holocaust and Memory which was about Hungary's effects on WWII and how people remember/ recorded the Holocaust. It seemed pretty interesting especially considering the effect that the holocaust had on my grandmother's extended family (it appears that most were killed in a labor camp/ in the war); however, the grading seemed too lax, and I don't think that I really want to take a qualitative class this term. I think I want to keep my mind focused primarily on math, so I will probably skip taking that one. I then went home (and got lost in the train station on the way. lol), and went grocery shopping. Then me and Sheri (my awesome roommate) went out for dinner at this cute Italian place by the apartment and I had steak and mushroom risotto and then pana cotta for desert (she was really nice and paid for it). It was all really good and I will definitely need to try pana cotta again. Oh! Plus Sheri gave me a bunch of bachata music (which is nice because I don't have the internet data to listen to Pandora). We then walked around some looking for something interesting/ trying to get to know the area better. I came back did some homework, and watched a Naruto episode (that ate up like all my data), and headed to bed. Overall it was a pretty great day, and I'm really thankful to everyone for making it so amazing.

So, I know that this was a rather boring post, but it's really been some of the most interesting things that have happened to me lately. I'm gonna try to make a couple posts soon with most details about my classes and about the differences in culture here.