Submitted by Jenna Sherman on the 2017 spring semester program in Rome, Italy…
This weekend was my first time traveling out of Italy. We went to Budapest, Hungary and it was incredible. It’s funny, because I am now so accustomed to Italy that I was using certain things I do there in Budapest! For example, I would accidentally use basic Italian words to the waitress or cab driver without realizing it. I don’t speak Italian, but by being here for a month, I have picked up on some of the important lingo that you need to get around. Other than that, my friends and I did the thermal baths, which were really cool. We also saw Parliament, the opera house, went to the top of a cathedral and saw two different Holocaust memorials. The last was special to me because I am a grandchild of Holocaust survivors. Budapest is a small city, but it’s really different from any city that I have been to. It was more quaint and relaxed. The food there was mostly Mediterranean, which was a nice break from pizza and pasta. In Budapest, they use Hungarian Forints that are counted in thousands, which I found a little confusing. This trip really showed me how much I have gotten used to Italian culture since I’ve been living in Rome.
