Harder than it looks!

After a pleasant conversation with my Mom, I mentioned that my new friend from Iran requested a classic "American" dinner for our family get-togethers. She quickly offered to email her very, very tasty White Chicken Chili recipe and suggested I that make cornbread on the side. I say, "Great! I'll check my email tomorrow" really having no idea what interesting mess I was about to get myself into. In fact, let's play a game; it's called, Can-You-Guess-What's-Inside-This-Package......and the two packs in English don't count!

Okay, so maybe you can. But now take these handful of packs and put them in an aisle section with over 50 others. Not an easy task! And so you can only imagine how proud of myself I was when I found the Cilantro, Cumin, Black Pepper, Chicken bouillon, and baking powder. I am determined to make Mom's Chicken Chili, cornbread, southern-style green beans, and mashed potatos to boot.

The only other really interesting thing that happened today was the delay in our daily commute. We waited for some time-- maybe 5 or 10 minutes for the bus, but no luck. "Where could the busses be?" we asked ourselves. Instead of waiting, we took the metro and got to class with a few minutes to spare. It just so happens (as we find out later) that one of the buses that runs the route caught on fire this morning-- and a few of our classmates were on it! Hence the delay. No worries though, everyone was fine.

This whole living in Budapest can be rather interesting sometimes...