Hungary - Day Thursday

Well, it's getting to be close to bedtime here at the camp, and everyone (well, most everyone) is winding down and getting ready for a big day tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last day of camp, and it's really bittersweet. On the one hand, the team has put in a full week of hard work and I've met a ton of kids and had a blast teaching them and getting to know them a little this week. On the other hand, I am ready to be home. This has been an amazing trip, but seeing the end of the road makes me realize that we've done a great job here and now it's the time when I look forward to being back in my own bed.

Again, I will say that I have enjoyed this trip immensely. I hope that I will be able to come back, if not next year, in two years. It's a great trip and if you ever get the chance, you should go. It's hard to describe to anyone who hasn't made the trip, just like it was impossible for those who had been before when they tried to explain it to me. There are really good people here. And this trip has had pretty much ZERO drama. That's a bonus. Or maybe I have just been shielded from it. And I'm OK with that too.

Robyn and I went to the market area after everything was over today, and it was good to find out that walking by a construction site in Hungary is much like walking past a construction site in the US. Ah, some things are universal. Today was a great day, though, for real. I realized that I should have been drinking a Coke Zero after lunch every day. I was fired up after lunch, which has been a problem for me this week. But not today. Oh, carbonation and caffeine, you are truly friends of mine. Good to know that some things are universal.

Well, I am going to be boring and sign off for now. I just realized today that I have no idea what is going on in the world of sports. Wow, huh? That kind of feels good to know that I can focus on something else for at least a week. Of course, I've eaten enough chocolate this week to kill a pack of wolves, so that kind of makes up for everything. Good to know some things are universal.