Who needs libraries when there are Parks?

Well Hello.....

Mmmm.... how the months slip by! I have started writing my thesis and as such my time to blog, even to take as many pictures as I would like, have greatly diminished. Long days at school, at the library, or in my room have turned me into a zombie. Luckily, the weather is always there to remind me that there are bigger forces in the world. Tuesday, it snowed almost the whole day. This made everything lovely and white and soggy but the very next day all the snow melted and we were back to sunny days!

Hero's Square from a distance

Friday is my "day off" which generally means I sleep in a little later and go to a library. However, in honor of the spring weather,  I decided to break tradition and revel in the good weather and celebrate the fact that my stomach has stopped punishing me  for something I ate earlier in the week. What else to do but  do some  of my reading at City Park? I haven't been there since almost the first month of school but it is really beautiful and is a huge complex with Hero's square, several museums, the Zoo and the Szechenyi Baths. I really just limited my time to sitting on the grass but between the  reading and  the writing the Park provided lots of entertainment including people and their dogs, slack liners, and best of all the sweet songs of spring birds. Its good to remember that studying doesn't always have to take place inside a building to be well used time. 

City Park

Mistletoe anyone? 

 The tools of a good student. 

Sunshine!!! The lower area is filled with water in the summer. It's funny to see it drained.

I don't know these people but it made for a good photo.

fancy buildings with tree:)

On the way back to the metro to go to a library! I love a blurry photo.

And Here is a snowy Budapest. These are not from Tuesday but from earlier in February when we got hit with a lot of snow.

The Ladies are frozen

Happy snow men

Dress them in bows! Give them hats!

Snowy Park by the School.

                                             Have a great weekend where ever you are!!

HA HA Happy New Years??

********Sorry this is a little late :) ********

It is really hard to take a bad picture of this building.

Sparkly hat....check!

New Years Bunnies...also many devils haunted the night as well.

From the Danube

Into the next morning

Snowberry!! It's like seeing an old friend.

Well its half way through the first month of the New Year and the year feels a little more amazing with each week. It doesn't hurt that I left 2011 in Italy surrounded by art, friends, and delicious Italian treats.I highly recommend it to anyone who reads this. I will post some pictures from that trip later but I wanted to share some pictures from my first few days back in Budapest and turning into the New Year.
Budapest knows how to use fireworks, meaning that from my dorm window I saw fairly impressive fireworks being shot off randomly starting at 6 in the pm. When I and a few friends made are way into the City around 10:30 the crowds blossomed into drunken merriment: horns blew, people were dressed in sparkly wigs and music was playing at stages all over the city. The Danube was a chilly but beautiful place to turn into the New Year. People were lined on the bridges and at midnight there was a loud, unofficial countdown from the hoards of people in the streets and then  even  more fireworks. My favorite part was afterwards walking along the Danube; it was freezing but the brisk air made everything feel more sharp and clear.