Chocolate Festival and the Opera.

I did two big things today. First, I went to the Chocolate Festival. Then, I went to the Opera.

The Budapest Chocolate Festival is exactly what it sounds like. There were about a hundred stands outside, each one selling different kinds of chocolate. There were caramel chocolates, hazelnut chocolates, marzipan chocolates, chocolate candy bars, chocolate gelato, fruit-filled chocolates, wine-filled chocolates, free samples of chocolate, chocolate biscuits, big chocolates, small chocolates, more chocolate than my body had room for. Metaphorically, anyway. Probably the best thing I tried was a chocolate filled with marzipan and nutella in layers. I had a breathtakingly delicious afternoon.

The Opera was good, too. I went with a few friends to Budapest's beautiful and famous opera house. We saw Don Pasquale, by Donizetti. It was in Italian with Hungarian surtitles, so I doubly didn't understand it. Fortunately, the program had a summary in English, so I vaguely understood what was supposed to be happening. The music was good, and so were the performers. This was the first time I had ever been to an opera, and hopefully not the last.

And now, the moment I know many of you have been awaiting: my next journal entry will be about my first week of math classes!