Saturday, November 2, 2013

My deepest apologies for the time span between my last post and this one but i have pictures!!! Hopefully that will help make up for it... Kinda a lot has happened since last time. First we had a long weekend a couple weeks ago during which I visited Budapeast, Hungary with my amazing host family. It was so gorgeous and I absolutely loved it there we spent most of our time there seeing the city and walking around. Though i did have some amazing Hungarian food. I am starting to see how all that exchange weight piles on. Then we went to the coast which was gorgeous, though the only town I can spell is Porec. We visited both  rock, think Greece, and sand, Costa Rica, beaches the towns were gorgeous as well. Also all the exchange students went on a rotary trip to Slavonija, a region of Croatia. It was beautiful there, though driving on the motorway really reminded me of eastern Washington with all the fields and random groups of trees. But it was a blast we saw 3 different towns, 2 horse pastures, the biggest indoor riding area in Croatia, had dinner at a traditional Slavonijan yard, and met some amazing kids all in 3 days. This weekend was Halloween and All Saints Day, meaning no school friday!! Of course the exchangers had to get together for a Halloween party which was so fun definitely one of the best nights yet. For All Saints Day everyone goes to the cemetery and lights candles for the dead, it was one of the most amazing sights ive ever seen. This is the largest cemetery in Zagreb it has thousands, maybe more, graves in it dating way back and its beautiful in the daylight. But with thousands of people in it all lighting candles and remembering the deceased, its incredible. Nothing can describe the feeling you get in that cemetery, you have to experience it yourself which I highly recommend. The feeling of unity is so strong at the soldiers memorial its amazing. But other than that my days have been filled with school, Croatian lessons, and making amazing memories with some of the most amazing people in the world. This definitely feels like home.