My birthday

Saturday, October 4, was my birthday. (Justin was at our school's High School Retreat and had been since Thursday morning. He was getting back around 4 pm on my bday.) So, Friday night I went over to my friend Julie's flat to make grilled pizza and watch a "girly, sappy movie". It was a lot of fun and she has two beautiful and fun little boys. We watched Nicholas Nickelby and I really liked it.
On Saturday, my friend Hannah and I went back over to Julie's and we took a tram to the Budapest Christian Library. Julie takes Eli there on Saturdays. I found a book that I needed for the DVD graduate course I am taking. :)
Eli was jumping in puddles on the way to the library. :)
Then Hannah and I went to what it called the "covered market" to do some shopping. I didn't have anything in mind to buy, I just really like going there to see what they have. If you ever come to Budapest, this is the place you'll find cheaper souvenirs like chess sets, glassware, tablecloths, T-shirts, etc. Surprisingly, I found a really cool linen to place on the table for Fall. I rarely buy things for myself, but it WAS my bday. :) And Hannah found some things too. We also went to a little Asian market downstairs for some hard-to-find-cheaper groceries. I bought tortillas and some spices that I didn't have.

Then we headed to The Coffeeshop Company for lunch! They have bagels there, which you won't find anywhere in Budapest that I know about. I had a smoked salmon bagel sandwich and Hannah had a Mediterranean sandwich. We both had really good hot chocolate with sweet whipped cream! It was perfect for the rainy, cold day it was. We had a really good chat over lunch.

Hannah and I about to enjoy our hot chocolate!

Then we had to head back to school. I had to drop off Hannah at her apartment and then pick up Justin. The high schoolers were back and he was waiting for me. :)

When we got home I opened his gift: a cool "Chocolat" mug and chocolate bar. I also opened my parents' package that I received earlier in the week. They sent me some magazines to read, taco seasoning, ranch dressing packets, milano cookies, my mom's homemade washcloths, and was paper. :) (Wax paper is another item that you can't buy here.) Oh, and a cool, fun scarf!

Here I am with my parents' bday package. They sent the Sunday comics!

Then we had dinner and watched a movie I borrowed from Julie: In America. If you like drama, reality movies, then you'd probably like this movie. I loved it.

That was my day...ON my birthday....so much fun!