on tuesday, jake and i went on a trip to budapest. i was stunned about how americanized hungary has become. they have kfc, pizza hut, the abominable mcdonald's and burger king, and even more hard to believe, you can buy mountain dew there! at the gas station! the only thing that was not to be seen is the taco bell, but they just seem to stick to the US never wanting to come out anyway.
jake gave me one of his cameras and i took something like a basic course in photography. we'll see if i am a worthy student as soon as i have the film developed, because yesterday i already had to jump into the cold water. i took several pics at stefan's lecture about tarzan in the monochrom project speis. we'll see. jake took some amazing pictures of budapest from one of the surrounding hills. as it was dark already, i didn't even try. instead, i tried to keep myself warm to some extent. the temperatures were way below zero and jake caught a terrible cold which is why he couldn't join johannes to go to linz today.
the fact that cory, who was staying in the blue room before jake, also was ill, makes me feel guilty about not changing the blankets (i just didn't have the time to wash and dry the stuff in time). so how long can germs and infectious bacteria survive in a cold guest room? if the answer is 'up to 12 hours and longer' i think i have to say mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
if anyone feels like forgiving me, please go ahead.