We've done a lot this week, but it has all just been a wonderful experience. On Saturday, we went around the city a little bit more, including going up to Gellert Hill where the Hungarian Statue of Liberty resides (symbolizing the communists kicking out the Nazi's) and also an old Austrian fort. We also went to a bunch of other places including Margaret's Island, where there is an awesome musical fountain.

On Sunday, we went to Szentendre, which is basically a small town built up of old, traditional Hungarian artifacts, where we learned a lot about the history and culture of Hungary. This was also a great chance to really get to know some of the students from Corvinus (the Economics University in Budapest that the students we worked with attend) and talk to them about all kinds of topics. There are a lot of small differences, but they really aren't any different than us when it comes down to it. Sunday's activities also included a forced visit to the Marzipan (a type of candy) museum where they have a Michael Jackson statue made of Marzipan, and we also got to ride the boat up the Danube back to Budapest.

Monday was our "Field Challenge" day when we went off into the city to explore the top attractions, including the Opera, Parliament, Heros Square, Vigado Square, Fisherman's Bastion, and some other awesome sites. The views from some of these places and some of the historical information was just phenomenal. The pictures will be great. Tuesday was our first day of lectures, and we listened to a number of different speakers regarding a number of different topics, then had time to work on our presentations. We also visited some businesses/factories in Budapest such as Unicom (they make liquor). Wednesday was pretty similar as well, then culminating in delivering our presentations in the evening. I think we did well, and it was great to see what all the teams did. Thursday we visited a small business in Budapest, then gave our Field Challenge presentations as the last action of our official program for the week.

Today we went to one of the famous Budapest spas, and it really was pretty cool. All the water is naturally heated, and they way the place was laid out was really cool. Overall for the week, it was such a fun time. I really got to know not only the Corvinus students well, but also the other Penn State students. I think we all had just an amazing time together, from working together on the projects to seeing the sights to the night life, it will be hard to top this week, and we definitely formed some great friendships. We just have to try to convince all the Corvinus students to come to Penn State for a visit and a football game in September.

Tomorrow, I will be departing for Rome to meet my dad, and we're going to check out Florence, Rome, and then Dublin, Ireland in a few days. It should be another amazing week ahead.