Eating until I throw-up. And then eating some more.

After a wonderful Hungarian dinner and a great conversation with some of the girls, Perry and I headed upstairs to the room and watched Star Wars Episode 2 in GERMAN! And you thought Star Wars was good in English…you haven’t seen anything yet!

But we called it an early night and woke up early this morning for another wonderful all you can eat breakfast and then we hopped on the bus for a 2 hour ride to the Puschta – aka the countryside. On the way there I listened to John Piper’s first sermon in his “Thinking and Feeling with God” series which was absolutely amazing. It’s a look at the importance of Psalms and scripture as a whole and I absolutely recommend it to EVERYONE! It’s a 6 part series and I’m hoping to make it through it before I return to Berlin.

When we arrived we were greeted with shots of Hungarian schnapps at 10:30 am. We then took a horse drawn carriage to see a typical Hungarian country house that a family’s been living in for more than 4 generations. We took some awesome pictures including us climbing on hay barrels like city-folk and then were served more wine.Afterward we were served Gluwine (hot wine) and saw a horse show where we saw horses race, lay down, and sit down! And the “cowboys” had these incredible whips which made the loudest popping noise ever. I got the chance to ride Winkel the horse bareback!! And it was so much fun!
We then had what felt like an all you can eat Hungarian lunch complete with a beef stew, rice, potatoes, chicken, schnitzel, dessert (flan-like), coffee, and a lot of wine. (Are you beginning to see the trend of serving us more and more alcohol!Some of the group tried to make the cracking sound with the whop but only Hilly (a girl!!) was able to do it!We took the long way home weaving through the Hungarian countryside and villages which was gorgeous but nauseating. Which brought us back to the hotel for a nice, hot, (in Perry’s words) de-farm-contaminating shower and then dinner in another hour. The thought of eating again makes me want to barf but I think I’ll survive!

And I did...and then we walked to the gas station for a snack and now we're heading upstairs to celebrate Eric's birthday!! Budapest Day 2 has been fabulous! Love y'all and wish we could talk!!