Best őszi-szünet EVER!

After my exciting halloween, I thought that I could not have anymore fun this break, but I was wrong! The next day, Wednesday I went to my friend Panni's house. She lives in Debrecen and we had tons of fun together! Her mom made us what they consider mexican food! It was a flour tortilla with chicken, corn, and whole beans in it. I have to say it was really good! Her mom also made us tomato soup from Italy and then the best dessert ever! I got chocolate muffins as a 'birthday cake' and then Tiramisu!! Then after lunch Panni and I played on the computer, just looking a pictures and then played Sims! Ha ha it is funny cause I used to play Sims back home! As a present she drew the most real looking picture of the two of us! She is so great at drawing. Then before I left we had grapes from Italy and they are so good, not to mention huge! I really had a great time with her and her family.

The next day was my birthday!! Yahoo and it was an amazing day! :) I woke up, not to early but early enough so I could fit a whole bunch of exciting things into my day! 

For breakfast I had lecho and eggs, which is my new favorite! Lecho is paprika (which are similar to bell peppers), onion, and tomatoes sautéed together for like 3 hours, just absorbing each-others flavors! Then you can do anything thing you want with it, and so I put it in my eggs! After that I opened my birthday cards and ever since one of them was amazing and made me so happy! Thanks for all of your birthday wishes! I spend my day hanging out with Emi and Lajos which was great! We cooked, watered flowers (I know crazy right! Watering flowers in November) and just enjoyed each-others company! Then they took me out to dinner! Before we left they gave me a bag! 

Inside was the sweetest gifts, that I knew they picked out just for me. I got a new journal and some pens (they think it is crazy how much I write), a beautiful scarf, a cute phone case,  some nail polish, and my favorite-a matching dress/shirt to the one Emi always wears! Hers is gray and mine is beautiful orange! We then went to this restaurant in town where there was a table waiting for use with flowers on it! They said Boldog Születésnapot Maggie! Then when the waiter came they pulled out the alcohol menu and asked me what I wanted! Ha ha, but then they told me to choose a drink I wanted and order it 'virgin'. We all got tropical, colorful drinks! Soon we ordered our food which turned out to be one of the best meals I have ever had! It is a tradition on birthdays in Hungary to have this huge firework type canals on birthday cakes and right when we finished our plates out arrived my birthday cake with fireworks coming out of it! It was the most beautiful cake I have ever seen with the American and Hungarian flag mixed between it! It was hillarias because the cook messed up and put 17 on the cake! 

Lajos and Emi freeked out, but I loved it because hey who does not want to be 17! Lajos and Emi remembered that I love vanilla cake and nuts so I got a vanilla, nuts, and cream layer birthday cake! By the time we went home we had eaten enough to make us full for a year, laughed so hard we cried, and I had, had the best birthday ever. But it was not over because right when I got home I called my parents on Skype! It was great getting to talk to them, and it felt like they were right here with me celebrating! After talking to them for over 4 hours it was 12:30 and I was pooped!

On Friday I had a party at my house. I invited 9 girls over. So before the party Emi and I made sandwiches, baked some treats, and got the house ready! All the girls arrived around 2! We ate and talked and then we started the project! I had us make paper mache balloons! It was very funny because they had never done anything like it and it got everywhere! While they were drying we ate delicious cake that Emi made and opened presents! I never thought I could get some many wonderful gifts, but did did! I think I got enough chocolate to last me FOREVER,which is OK because it is the best chocolate I have ever had. I also got some really unique things like a picture frame with a picture of my friend Fanni and I, hand made necklace and matching bracelet, a Hungarian history book, a Hungarian cook book, and New Moon in Hungarian! 

The best gift though was just being with them, laughing and having a great time! Unfortunately the time past fast and soon they all had to go home.
On Saturday I finally got to do some relaxing! I slept in late and then around 5 rode the bus into Debrecen. My friend, Elvira, was dancing before a music show and bought me a ticket to the show for my birthday! It was great because I got to watch her dance, and then listen to many different musicians and bands! Today I spend time with Lajos and Emi and just relaxed! Boy what a great week and an amazing birthday! The best present was not something that I can show you, or that you can see. It was that I feel like apart of the Máté and like Lajos and Emi really care about me! Nothing could ever top this! Or could it...... :)