Awesomeness

On Saturday night Daniel and I ventured into Nyíregyháza with a vague plan to grab dinner and then go iceskating. We found a small Christmas market in the town square and decided that hot chocolate and lángos would be an ideal way to kick off the evening.

I'm not sure if I've already decribed lángos, but basically it's absolute awesomeness. More precisely, it seems to be some kind of fried bread which is normally served covered in sour cream and grated cheese. Yummo!

After dinner, we wandered around the market a bit more and Daniel found a cool little stall that was selling homemade pálinka. He has developed quite a taste for the vile stuff since we arrived in Hungary and is even more fond of it now that he's seen just how effective it is at warming up the body when it's coooooooooooooold outside.

After the market, we walked a few blocks towards the iceskating venue. It took us a while to find the right place as it was housed in a large sports centre that was also hosting other events. Since Daniel and I didn't know the Hungarian word for iceskating we had to perform a little mime each time we asked for directions. Evidently our performances were rather poor as people seemed to assume that we were dancing rather than iceskating and kept directing us towards concerts and nightclubs instead of the iceskating venue!

Happily, we eventually found the right place and had a lot of fun showing off our moves on the ice.

- Amanda