So I've mentioned before that there are 5 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars here in Budapest. Except for Aaron, who is in the Business School in a very different type of program and at another campus, the rest of us see each other every day... and we are very slowly taking over CEU, one Student Council seat at a time. The four of us at main campus got elected this week as Student Council reps for our respective departments. Noah and I, representing the Public Policy department, held our first meeting with all public policy students this week, and will begin tackling department- and university-wide issues this coming week.
Speaking of CEU, it's hard to believe we are already going into week 4 of classes and thinking about midterms and final papers! The biggest issue so far has been the quantity of reading- not that it's unmanageable, but when I arrive home exhausted from eight straight hours of classes and sit down to read, nine times out of ten I fall asleep. Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesdays we have eight straight hours of classes, so one issue we will be speaking to the department about is spreading the classroom instruction out more evenly.
In other news, Budapest's indian summer is definitely over. Sometime last week it turned from summer to late-fall here in about two days. In the mornings and evenings it is quite cold (people wear fall/light winter jackets and scarves), but luckily the daytime sun warms the air to about 65 degrees. Next week looks cold though- 50s during the day and 30s in the mornings and at night. Brr! You have to remember I have not lived through an entire cycle of seasons in five years! The apartment building where I am living has central heating, which was turned on last night for the first time. The building turns on the heat to a certain level (last night it was on low) and then each apartment controls whether they want high-low, normal-low or low-low, or no heat at all. I am not embarrassed to say that I am fully prepared to use my long underwear under my clothes and/or pajamas if necessary to survive this winter. :)
Looking ahead to the next few weeks, the other scholars and I are planning a trip to Vienna (probably next weekend) and then trying to coordinate a massive five-day trip to Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia in early November when we have a few days off from CEU. I am also meeting my family in London and Paris for Christmas and will travel with my brother for ten days or so afterwards- we are looking at venturing through Italy and Germany, then spending a few days in Budapest as well.
More news next week!
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