One for Everyday!: Hungary Day 6

What a day!


This morning we began at the Kodaly Zoltan Hungarian Choir School and listened to a fabulous girls's choir conducted by Ferenc Szapson jr.  They were amazing.  We listened to them run through a song for the second time ever and they sang it better than most choirs I've ever heard after rehearsing for months.  I'm not exaggerating. It was very very very impressive.


Then after an excursion up to Castle Hill and a quick lunch there, we headed to the Leopold Mozart Music School [an After-School Conservatory].  Katalin Losonczy was our host and she was absolutely fabulous.  We finally saw a normal level classroom music lesson.  It great to watch the Kodaly method in the actual classroom.  We observed a few private lessons.  I watched a classical guitar lesson and a saxophone lesson.   The entire time I was in watching the saxophones, I could not stop thinking about Bailey and how long and well she had played it for me over skype a little while back.  I also couldn't get sexy sax man out of my head.   After the lessons, Christy and I headed over to another school with Katalin, where the children put on a Mini Recorder and Trumpet recital for Mother's Day and in honor of their American guests.  They translated EVERYTHING just for the two of us.  The teacher had the entire intro typed out and read it in English.  Then this adorable little boy was his translator for announcing the next piece and performer.   I felt like royalty.   Afterwards this cute boy  who was translating came up wearing his adorable blue bow tie to say thank you. Thinking he speaks English, we begin talking to him.  He then blushes and says... "Sorry I don't speak English."  And then stands there just looking at us while we just smile back and say the TEENY TINY Hungarian we know.   Then after a few moments of silence he would then repeat "I.... don't know English..." and just continue smiling at us.  It was so cute. Once we left he was yelling "Goodbye!  Goodbye!" in his endearing accent.  


Then we came home and had a nice rest.   When the sun set, we headed back out and took a river cruise on the Danube of Budapest.  It was absolutely gorgeous.   We have never been out so late in Hungary and a little slap happy when we were coming home.  I bet there were people very annoyed with us Americans.  It was fun nevertheless.  

On Castle Hill

With Katalin at the Leopard Mozart Music School

The Parliament Building view from the boat.

"There are 365 spires."
"One for EVERYDAY!"

Video of the Day 

Loopy Girls waiting for the Metro, only 4 stops until we're home:

Shout out to Brett: my handsome fiance.  99 days!!!
WE'RE OUT OF THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
Sorry that Skype is the best we have for two weeks. 
Szeretlek. 143.