Buh-Bye For Now.

Tonight at 9pm (3pm EST (note: I never bothered to change all of the times on this site, it’s still EST)), I leave for the longest official trip this semester. The Central and Eastern European field trip. An eleven day extravaganza.

First, we drive sixteen hours to Budapest, Hungary. We’ll spend three days total in Budapest, attending lectures and seminars, touring governmental institutions and the city. From there, we drive to Bratislava, in Slovakia. Here we attend more lectures, tour more institutions, and along the way will see Swan Lake at the Slovak National Theatre.

After two days in Slovakia, we drive to Prague (Czechoslovakia). Here we once again tour the city and attend seminars. Three days in Prague, then we fly to Tallin, Estonia. We’ll spend two days in Tallin, doing the same old gag, before finally flying back to Freiburg on Tuesday, October 11th.

It was my sincere hope to get my digital camera back from the shop (they sent it out to be cleaned) for this trip, however it’s still not back. I will be photographing this journey, but it’ll be with my trusty 35mm Canon. This is regretful, since if the pictures from this trip ever get online, it will be months from now when I have time and access to a scanner.

Even so, when I get back I will try to provide a description of the events as they unfolded. As well as some sort of map detailing my route, since it’s hard to visualize now.

Till then, comrades.