Barcelona

I've just came back form Barcelona!!! :)))

Yes, yes... I had a business trip there... So, according to the HP policy (try to choose the cheapest solution), I've arrived to Barcelona on Sunday moring, spent the whole day with sightseeing, than on Monday left to the HP site, than on Monday evening came back.

It was cheaper to spend 1 night in Barcelona, rather than flying and coming back on the same day...

It was amazing.

When I was in Grenoble and in Lyon, I followed Coelho's advise: you can visit a city if you just let yourself walk around it... without any goal, or map.

Well, I didn't want to risk that in Barcelona, so the first thing after my arrival was to get a map from a toursit office. I already checked earlier the famous bulidings, and important things I want to see... So this time, even myself was really amazed, how prepared I could be... :)

Anyways, after checking in the hotel... (the guy at the recption was really helpful and nice... ;) ) I made my plan:
- would like to see everything... :)))

What a great goal!!!! :)

I have to say, - maybe because it was 20°C, and the sun was shining- but Barcelona is AMAZING!!!!

I visited some famous buildings:

La Sagrada Familia - it is the big art of Gaudi, ha had been working on that church for 40 years, and it is still not ready. Hopefully it will be finished by 2020...

Arc de Triomf

It 's not a typical Arc de Triomf, like in Paris, but definitly not an ugly one. :)

Actually that was the entrance of the World Exhibiton in 1888. If we walk from that Arc the Triupmph we end up in a beautiful park, with the Zoo inside:

The Parc de la Ciutadella

In the middle of the parc there is a huge fountain:



Ok, to tell you the truth, it was under construction, when I arrived.. so... yes... i stole this photo... :)

Casa Battlo and Casa Milà

Both house was bulit by Gaudi, however, Casa Milà was bulit only by a scatch..there was no plan for that.

Basicly the idea was: not to have any straight line:

You can visit these houses, and also living there is possible.. however, of course for a fortune... :)

What really surprised me, was a hospital, Hospital de Sant Pau.

You can visit it, as a museum... however, somehow I didn't feel approriate to take photos in a hospital...

The famous Guell Parc:



It is also the art of Gaudi - the famous catalan architect.
Originally the park was planned to be a huge park with houses, however, nobody wanted to live there, so as a business it was a total failure. Gaudi lived here with his family.

Tha park is amazing, the branches are also made from this mosaic, there are arcades, and the best view of Barcelona.

Tha famous avenue is the Ramblas.


This street is full with restaurants, bars, pubs, living sculptures, shops, souveniers, etc.

One of the main reason, why I should go back to Barcelona, is the Font Magico, the magic fountain.

I haven't seen the show...so I definitly have to go back there once, ando f course, I missed the bull arena, the FC Barcelona match, the Picasso museum... so lot to do still... :))

So, more information about Barcelona is here in hungarian or in english.

Than on Monday we had meetings, presentations, etc.

I think it was useful, and it was great to meet face to face with some of my teammembers.

So now, at least I can associate a face to each voice... :)))

I am wondering, how others picture me after my voice...

From a business point of view, it was maybe not the most useful meeting, however it was nto that bad... netmeeting, presentation, work, fun. :)

The WW HQ of Graphic Arts is in Barcelona, with a huge LFP museum... (those huge printers, that makes the huge advertisements...) pretty impressive...

I definitly have to go back there once for a demo or a training...

1 month

Sorry, sorry, sorry... :)

I have this Google Analytics, and with this I can track who is checking, from where, which city, country my blog.
I can even check whether he/she gets from a refering site or directly to my blog. :)
It is so interesting.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I know that there were people in Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, France (ok, that could be Geneva...) Spain, US, and Egypt(?)... who checked my blog recently, and realized that there is no entry for more than 1 month.
Sorry for that. :)

But here I am..back... with all my energy, optimisitc (or miserable) view...

Actually, lots of thigns happened during this 1 month.
- I was back in Hungary
- Then I spent 1 wonderful week in Austria with my friends skiing...
- Then I moved again...but this time into my own studio!!! YEAh!!!
- I got my contract signed till Ocotber.
- I started studying German.
- Peter left HP, I got Csizi, (what a coincidence, he is also from the same university...)
- Anthony went back to Ireland - I missed THE party, however I had "The Last Supper" with him. Anthony cooked!!! :)
Amazing! :)
- I was partying, drinking, chatting, going out in restaurants, pubs, (yeah, we had a vodka -night too)
Ok maybe I should have just written: usual things... :D
- At work: I realized lots of lots of things, I learned a lot, and I think I got back some of my motivation that I thought I already losted.

Anyways, february was fast, we are already in the middle of March... and yes, as it is said in my LinkedIn profile, I am here already since 11 months!!!

Now, I have to run to catch my bus with my new collegue...
So, I promise, I will write a more personal entry next time :P

bisous

Just a short one

Hello,

I am so sorry, I was not here... however, life is good, life is fun.
Actually, my life is quite the same every day, every week.
We are going to ski every Saturday: with the university for 60 CHF (for externals), 50 CHF for students you can go to France skiing. The price contains: 1 day ski pass, course and of course the transportation. So, really cool price.

I think I am getting better and better, but of course still on blue slopes. :) It's good for me.
Specially when I don't know how to turn (and stop), everybody else is waiting for me on the left side... I am just flying next to the others, straight ahead, down till the town. It was awsome... (ok, crazy) Anyways, I survived and - what more important is - the others survived too... :)
I am wondering how I will survive Austria :)

Besides that I am taking German courses (online...), and still or again looking for an apartment, nothing special.

Now everything depends on the bureaucracy, if the office cantonale de population recognizes that Hungary is part of the EU, than I can stay, if not, than, I have to leave in May.
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Last week I was 3 times in the gym, and today I go again.

This weekend was great, we went out on Friday... (hilarious story... not for the world wide...however, fantastic... we planned a girls night, than Daniel joined...) He is the new swedish intern, so now at least we have a story with him, so he is more involved in our "community" :)
hehehe

Than yesterday again. :)
However, it was a short one, maybe I am getting older? :)

Or, rather what Anthony said: we are about to grow up... that's why most of the time we have dinners together, or eating together (having brunch) instead of going out, clubbing, dancing, drinking.

We had a great "house warming" party, eating rice (esides lot of other things) with special somalian sauce.. ohh.. that was HOT... :)

Watched Pick up artist...


Now, after 2 parties, I am going to let the poison out of my body and out of my soul. :)
I will go to yoga, than to the sauna and jakuzzi. :)

The Dinner:

Bright side of life...

Sometimes it is really hard to look on the bright side of life...

But at least I am trying.

Yesterday my bag was stolen. f.u.c.k.

It was in my favorite restaurant (ok, I just love that kind of food in the ERitarian restaurant, where you have to eat with your hands...) In Geneva you have 3 of a kind... So we were in one of those.
I was sitting on the second chair... (so not even on the first, the closest to the door...)

When I put my bag to the chair, I thought it won't be a great idea.
I knew, I felt it.

Anyways, shit happens.

In my bag, there was my life...
-my walett with money
-my workpermit, bankcards, monthly ticket, even my Holmes Place membership card, my student cards, everything

The owner saw sth or at least he was suspicious, but too late.
Dorys (the new intern from France) and Ahmed ran after the guy... :)))

So, I hope this black/communist/serbian will give me back my identity cards. :)))

That could happen again only to me.
Today I called the Embassy about my passport, and they were really very helpful and nice.
The woman was really surprised that I would like to travel to 3 countries within 3 weeks.
She said, nobody ever wanted to apply 2 kinds of temporary passport.
Well, here I am.

But I have to tell that Carissa and Chiara were great, Ravaka was really really helpful, Ahmed & DL was fantastic, Emi & Ikran funny (to cheer me up), so...

Thank you guys!!! :)))

I was really overwhelmed with all the hugs, support I got from everybody!!! :)))

And yesterday Heath Ledger died as well.
Post- Oscar for him!!!

The optimistic approach:
- I could change my photo on my HP Badge
(nope>> today I already got a new badge, with the same photo on it... blo...)
- I can get a brand new student card >> lots of space for my stamps... ;)
- I have to go to Bern >> finally I can see the (big, hairy) BEARS :)

And anyways, nothing can ruin my happiness... I just have to watch some photos from last weekend (or some videos...) and all my energy, optimism, happiness is coming back...

So, I have to find the "bideo" to upload it here.... ;)

Zermatt - Skiing weekend

Everything started with a great opportunity within HP... We can rent a chalet in Zermatt for a very friendly price.
So, why not?
Let's go and try skiing in Zermatt!!!

Yeah!!!!

4 of us (out of 6) couldn't really ski, but who cares?
Among friends... :)
With Julia we didn't even had skiing outfit... :)

So, the fun part started already on Thursday, when I got an email with the subject: Julia bought her stuff!!!!

And she managed to buy all the clothes, and everything that is needed for a "professional" skier...
Yes, but all the clothes were for children!!!

So, in the afternoon I also checked... And yes, I managed to buy also a trouser and a jacket!!!
(Who cares that the trousers are RED, the jacket is ORANGE???)
It is absolutely not important... ;)

Than the only thing that was missing : THE SKI, the boots, the sticks...

We really wanted to buy them earlier... but the shop had just closed before we arrived...
Anyways... :DDD

So, during lunchtime, we quickly went to the town (for me quickly means: 45 minutes to get in, than 45 minutes to get back to HP....) and manage to rent all the stuff!!! :)
Again, for a very nice price!
And also, we got a great deal:
We can try out the skis this weekend, and if we like, can keep them for the whole season... and the price for this weekend will be included in the "seasonal rent's price!!!

Oh...this weekend was amazing!!!!

So, after 4 hours on the train, finally we arrived to Zermatt... Actually in this town cars are not allowed to get in, only special, electronic cars...
So, also the taxis were these special, small electro-cars. :)
Funny!

I talked to them in German!!! Trinkgeld, trinkgeld.. of course :DDD

The apartment was great, even good for more people, not just 6... :)

On the very first day we had ski lessons... :)
It was very useful!!!
And the view!!!
Oh my god!!! Breathtaking!!!
:DDD

(The Team: Anthony, Manuel, Ikran, me, Emilia, Julia)


We had a wonderful lunch:
In front of us: Matterhorn - One of the greatest mountain in Europe, the most famous one in Switzerland, because of its special shape. :)


The sun was shining, it was so hot!!!
We had beers and special Swiss-German "Hubertuswurst" (Hubertus... hmm... ;)



Actually after lunch we were so well, that we didn't really went skiing.

Than for dinner we got Lasagne from Manuel.. Oh.. magnifico!!! :D

On Sunday, we tried out an other mountain... but commeon, that was killing one!!!



We also climbed up till the highest viewpoint of Europe (climbing means taking the elevator... ;)


We were crazy in the whole weekend, just laughing, skiing, eating a lot (as usual.... ;)... fantastic...
:)

One of the best weekends ever!!! :D



We decided to keep our skis, and try to go to France next weekend!!!
I am looking forward to it!!!

And... in February, I go to Austria, Gerlitzen... :DDD

New Year, new life :)

Long time, I know... :)
However, it was a fantastic 2007 and the start of 2008 is not that bad at all. :)

I won't write about the best moments of 2007, no reflections, just simply a summary, 2007 was a great year, full with challenges, great old friends and new ones. So I am happy.

And for this year, I have my priorities.
- find a great flat/studio/room from February (i know...it is boring...
- go to the gym twice a week
- study german (so, maybe after some weeks, I will post in German Das ist aber fantastisch!!!
- decide about my future... :D This is the best. My contract will end in May, so I have to choose from some opportunities. Now at least I have some... :D I am sure, I won't be spontaneous!!! hihihi

Xmas was great with my family, with my friends...
My mother cooked a lot, so I was just eating, and eating... :)))

Than I was in Pécs, visiting my friends, we went to Villány to wine tasting. This is a great region in Hungary..you should definitely try the red wines there...

Some photos from my time in Hungary:

At SuTi's place, Xmas - Birthday dinner:

"Almost Magic 5" - 1 is missing, 1 is behind us...sleeping ;)

At Flekken - a great restaurant - with my "brother": :DDD

And Krisi & Sysy:

Univ 211/2 reunion:

Half of the "Pre-New Year's Eve" creek:


;)

Crazy girls :D

Oh, prof Misi...explaining again:



Little piggy:

Flying home today :)

Ok, it is really a very quick post.. .just let everybody knows that I am going to fly today to Budapest!
:)

And than Gabesz will pick me up, and take me to ST. At least I hope so. :)
There I will meet Sysy & ST, my 2 best friends...!!! :)

Than we will talk & talk & talk. :)
I think we have a lot to catch up!!!
Specially in their side, cause my life is nothing special. (jajajaja... ;)

Than on Monday I will check the Hungarian HP, than go out with my friends for an after work drink.
Than on Tuesday I will go working again, but in the evening already heading up to Pécs. :)
To visit my other friends there!!! (I will jump on everybody!!! :P)

Than, Wednesday I have to do some university stuff, than later have to go to my dentist... but no hope, no hope... :(
Anyways, Wednesday evening I am already in Pécs.

(huuu... I have to find my hungarian bank card... àààà)

Thursday poker party, or not, Friday going home after work!!!!!

FINALLY!!!

And than I will go to the old town of Gyor with my Grandfather and we will have hot wine, gluhwine or "vin chaud". :)
This is a kind of tradition between my grandfather & me. :)

And finally I can talk to my brother, and my family as well.

What do you feel when you know more about your family from the local newspaper???
My brother was in the TV, my father was in the newspaper, also my aunt and my cousin's husband.
Nice to get to know important information about my family from the media.
hahaha

So much looking forward to this 3 weeks!! :)))

bisous
Snowy full with energy, smile, hope and almost about to cry :)
Damm it, I need that Hubertus... :)

Ok, last check:
- passport
-code for check -in
-check-in time :)
-hun bank card
-B6 against the plane
-all the gifts
-HP stuff

See you guys in Geneva soon!!! :)