debrecen

there's another CETP teacher, carla, living and working in debrecen (the second largest city in hungary) for a couple of weeks. it's pretty close to me - 30 minutes by train - so i hopped on over to see/meet her the other day. sadly, we didn't take any pictures of ourselves together. we did go up in the big yellow church:
there were a bunch of steep stairs to get to the tower, but the view should make it worth it.

here's the inside of the tower

and the view of the city centeranother view

and another
debrecen boasts one whole tram line. here it is in all its glory!

a warning sign at the train station:

sweets stand... good to know they're in every city

after we walked around, went in the church, sat down a while for drinks and chatting, and a tram ride through part of the city, we got some italian food at some place with a reputation.
it was good to have some real (good by american standards AND hungarian standards) food, but i think i was happier about the arizona green tea. *sigh* oh, the things i miss...