Treasures in Budapest

All the participants of the last Erasmus + mobility want to say thanks to have had the

opportunity to live a great experience. For seven days we have shared our lives with people

from five European countries and it has given us a new and better idea about how different

and similar people are in many ways. We have practiced and improved the English language

exchanging the Hungarian culture and traditions. And everybody has learnt a lot about the

historical capital, Budapest.

Both sides the hilly Buda and the plain Pest offer and impressive view that is more than

beautiful. They are plenty of Hungarian history that our students learnt developing some

treasure hunts. We visited the Castle district, strolled around the gothic Mathias Church,

whose spire stretches up into the sky, and the neo-romantic Fisherman’s Bastion. We visited

the grave of Güll Baba, walked along Margarete Island, and around the Ciudadella at night. The

Opera House, the Synagogue and the Great Hall market were also well seen from inside and

outside. We sailed along the Danube with the company of a gentle guide. The basilica

dedicated to King Saint Stephen who founded the Hungarian state was really wonderful. And

at least we could enter into the splendidly decorated Parliament and learn why the Hungarian

Jewish Shoes lay there. There were many tasks related to come to know the University

guidance and study the most interesting bridges over the Danube.

The banks of the river are alive day and night. It is the city of the coffee houses. So we loved to

spend time in there as some popular poets and writers did in the past. Actually, the teachers

had some meetings there to talk and rest with our colleagues after sight-seeing. But we also

spent our lunch time with our students tasting and enjoying the Goulash and other traditional

dishes in a lively city that leads the currently gastronomy in Europe.

In this animated and vital city, our students used the public transport and they saw its beauty

metro lines. Daily they crossed the capital many times and now they are able to manage the

complex web of metro, tram, trolley bus, and bus line. They used from the oldest (the 1 st

underground line on continental Europe) to the most modern and fastest ones.

Following the way of the bus number 22 we enjoyed the outskirts of Budapest. They are plenty

of woods and natural parks of pine trees and some middle ages ruins. After some bus stops we

arrived in a rural area. It was Budakeszi. We got off at Sándor József Gimnázim because it was

the high school where the teachers organized and hosted the event. Everybody participated

and developed some work about the project, visited the school and celebrated the farewell

party.

Our students have memorable experiences about the week as the one in Aquaworld. They are

absolutely happy. They shared with the other students a piece of their lives. For this reason it

is not possible to finish this report without mentioning that we want to recognize the efforts

that the coordinator did to organize the activities, tasks, celebrations to make this event the

most unforgettable experience possible.

IGEN, IGEN, KÖSZONÖM