First day... and the flight!

After 33 hours without more than about two hours of unbroken sleep, I'm about to go to bed.
The flight from O'Hare to Munich took about 8 hours much of which time was spent playing various games, talking with the teachers that strategically placed themselves to keep the student:teacher ratio from being higher than (the teachers) wanted, watching movies, and fitting as many people as possible into one row of seats. We then flew from Munich to Budapest, which was a relatively short (but much less enjoyable) flight, and proceeded to drive from Budapest to Salgotarjan (and made a short stop at Heroe's Square: see Mr. K's post below.
One thing we noticed is that there seem to be a lot of colorful buildings (and by colorful I mean lots of peachy-orange colored houses and buildings scattered among what one would normally expect). I really like this--it seems to give a unique feeling to the town.
After arriving at the school (Bolyai Janos Gzmnazium) and meeting up with our students we ate lunch with them (lunch here is a much bigger deal than at home) and hung out with our students before they had to return to classes.
While our students finished up their school day, we received a PPT presentation about the history of the school, and were then given a tour.
Emese's grandmother made a delicious dessert (which I can't remember the Hungarian name of) that I believe includes bread, eggs, sugar, walnuts, and maybe something else. In any case, it was absolutely delectable.
I went to a recital with Rachel that our hosts (Emese and Barbi) were singing in as traditional Hungarian folk singers (Emese's brother also sang in one of the pieces), and despite being insanely tired by that point, we really enjoyed it!
Now it's off to bed in anticipation of another fun-filled day!

Let me apologize for any spelling and/or grammar mistakes in this or any future posts: I'm still getting used to the Hungarian layout. And I hope to post some pictures to accompany this soon.