this is the bufe/buffet! i don't go here much but when i do that nice lady, eva, helps me and calls me precious. there is usually a line out the door of this little room between classes. i'm not entirely sure why, but kids eat alllll day long from this bufe. as you can see there are many kinds of candy, drinks, sandwiches, hot dogs (eaten with a WIDE variety of stuff on top of them), cookies, and crackers. if i don't have enough time to eat in the cafeteria (canteen) i can grab a sandwich from here. in fact, one day during a class when i didn't have to teach, i convinced eva to make me my very own sandwich with ham, cheese, and tomato... withOUT cucumber. ooooh yeah!
this nice lady is the portas: judit (yoodeet). she has a bathroom-sized office in the very front of the school and monitors who comes in, leaves, gives people keys to stuff, and accepts the packages my nice family and friends send me. one day i asked her to teach me how to say "on the first, on the second, etc" (like my birthday is on the fourth of december) and she was very helpful. the next day i went to her to ask for the key to my classroom and she made me first recite "on the _____" from first to tenth... before she gave me the key. haha, funny portas!
oh yay! these are some fun, helpful, smart, and sweet english-teaching colleagues of mine. on the left, noemi (no-amy) is the head of the english department. she took me to the immigration office a few times, to several shops, and helps me with anything i think to ask her. she is funny on many levels, one of which is that she will seem very serious during a conversation and then BAM a really funny joke or thought. out of nowhere! she always surprises me with her zingers.
on the right, emese (em-esh-eh), took me to the bank to open a bank account! yay, money! she also is very clever with her words and a good conversationalist. i caught her learning spanish today. haha. i also told her she reminded me of elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, but not because she's mean or green, more because of her personality and hair. i recently read "wicked" (the untold story of the witches of oz) so that's why elphaba was on my mind. anyway, she said it's ok if i call her "the green witch" which of course i can never do, but i laughed at the thought. it took her a few minutes to accept this self-given nickname, but she did. hahahaha!
some stuffed cabbage - a traditional hungarian dish. though this is from the cafeteria and can only be equated with "cafeteria food" and not grandma's stuffed cabbage. stuffed with rice and some bits of pork or some meat.
this is a typical hallway in zrinyi - while the kids are in class. when they are between classes... well, then there are like 700 kids in the halls, so use your imagination. :D
this nice lady is the portas: judit (yoodeet). she has a bathroom-sized office in the very front of the school and monitors who comes in, leaves, gives people keys to stuff, and accepts the packages my nice family and friends send me. one day i asked her to teach me how to say "on the first, on the second, etc" (like my birthday is on the fourth of december) and she was very helpful. the next day i went to her to ask for the key to my classroom and she made me first recite "on the _____" from first to tenth... before she gave me the key. haha, funny portas!
oh yay! these are some fun, helpful, smart, and sweet english-teaching colleagues of mine. on the left, noemi (no-amy) is the head of the english department. she took me to the immigration office a few times, to several shops, and helps me with anything i think to ask her. she is funny on many levels, one of which is that she will seem very serious during a conversation and then BAM a really funny joke or thought. out of nowhere! she always surprises me with her zingers.
on the right, emese (em-esh-eh), took me to the bank to open a bank account! yay, money! she also is very clever with her words and a good conversationalist. i caught her learning spanish today. haha. i also told her she reminded me of elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, but not because she's mean or green, more because of her personality and hair. i recently read "wicked" (the untold story of the witches of oz) so that's why elphaba was on my mind. anyway, she said it's ok if i call her "the green witch" which of course i can never do, but i laughed at the thought. it took her a few minutes to accept this self-given nickname, but she did. hahahaha!
some stuffed cabbage - a traditional hungarian dish. though this is from the cafeteria and can only be equated with "cafeteria food" and not grandma's stuffed cabbage. stuffed with rice and some bits of pork or some meat.
this is a typical hallway in zrinyi - while the kids are in class. when they are between classes... well, then there are like 700 kids in the halls, so use your imagination. :D
