McDaniel College and other things.

My math program (BSM) takes place at McDaniel College Budapest, which is an international college campus. McDaniel hosts a variety of international and study-abroad programs, one of which is BSM.

I don't really know anything about the other programs McDaniel hosts. I do know that we share the building with a bunch of international students who appear to spend all their time smoking right outside the front door. They don't step aside when people are trying to enter or exit the building; in fact they often don't move at all. So every day, before and after class, I have to wade through a pile of oblivious smoking college students.

McDaniel makes up for this infestation by having a piano in the basement. It's not a very good piano, but I've never been one to care about that. It's a good stress relief for me to go downstairs after class and play around on the piano. On the overnight train to Prague two months ago, I wrote myself a lullaby because I couldn't sleep; I've recently been spending some time at the piano working out the details of the lullaby. It's coming along nicely.

I'm really happy in Budapest, but I'm also starting to miss home. It will be nice to be back in America in a month.