Introducing the Adventures of Roz the Alligator

This is Roz.  She came with me to Hungary. To all of you who expressed interest in coming with me to Hungary, please do not be jealous of Roz. Unlike most of you, she fits in my bag. Jennifer and Kyle's son Eric also fits in my bag, but I left him behind because kidnapping doesn't really go along well with a Missions Training Program and babies don't go along well with dorm life. That and Jenn and Kyle would miss him alot.

 

Some of you may remember Jules, the Loch Ness Monster who came along on our travels two years ago. Roz is Jules' cousin. The resemblance is almost striking, isn't it?  

At the Redmond Airport

The last Oregonian we'll see for a while...

Have passport, ready to travel.

Saying goodbyes...

Anna is not happy that Roz fits better in my bag than she does. They had a rawr-ing contest. Anna won, but she still doesn't fit in my bag. :-(

    Now we're ready to go through airport security.

 

After about 22 hours of travel we arrived in Vajta, Hungary at "the castle" or in Hungarian, Kastely and started to get settled in. 

 

This is the view from the front entrance.

There is alot of snow.

I played ultimate frisbee in the snow on my second day here, but didn't take any pictures of that.

Roz at the back of the castle.

First walk through Vajta (Vai-ta) with fellow students... the student body is from all over the world - there are four continents represented here. 

 

After almost a week at the castle, I've started classes, gotten to know people's names and made some friends. It doesn't really feel like home... but it kind of feels like church camp, just with more accents and a few different languages. I love church camp.

The end for today.