I woke up at 4 AM today (no small feat, I couldn't get to sleep last night...probably that combination of anticipation, stress, and fear of the unknown going on), kissed Jamie goodbye, got on the bus, and started on my merry way. It was a pretty uneventful trip, besides the fact that we only stopped once (thankfully my bladder was not going all out against me) in Bratislava, just about my least favorite place besides Spain. But we finally did get into Budapest (pronounced Budapesht), half an hour early. I had to look around a while for an exchange. Meanwhile my big bag on wheels continued to fall apart. Some one on the escalator handed me a part of my bag which had snapped off. Thanks Mister!
At least I was back though. It was pretty surreal walking around the streets again. I went to the Move One office just off of Blaha Luiza Square, and it was housed in the only modern (read all glass and silver) building on the stretch of (main) road. I met a couple office people upstairs. There were probably 100 computers spread out across the entire giant floor, and they were all PCs. Only my computer stood out. The latest generation of iMac. Huh. I thought, Well thank god its a Mac, but jeez, everyone will know who I am. Some of the first words out of Jon's mouth were, So its not great filming weather at the moment in Europe. What do you think of Dubai?
I told him to get me on that plane right then and there.
I'm staying in the company flat, which at the moment houses three other Move One employees. They are all here for the conference I'm filming tomorrow and the next day. They seem to be all heads of offices around the world. For instance, the first of my roommates I started talking with is the station head in Afghanistan. He offered to have me film over there straight away. And the other is station head of all those other '-stan' countries. I can't even spell them, that's how ridiculous it is. My spell check doesnt even recognize them. Hmm. I wonder if that's a sign.
So that's interesting. I went out to eat at Jamie's favorite restaurant. I had goulash and Chicken Kiev. So amazing. I can hardly move right now, I'm so full. My typing skills are completely sub par too for some reason at the moment. But I said it earlier, and I'll say it again. Walking these streets. It's surreal. When I got back after my year abroad, I never really thought I would come back, at least this soon. I proved myself wrong. Thankfully.
At least I was back though. It was pretty surreal walking around the streets again. I went to the Move One office just off of Blaha Luiza Square, and it was housed in the only modern (read all glass and silver) building on the stretch of (main) road. I met a couple office people upstairs. There were probably 100 computers spread out across the entire giant floor, and they were all PCs. Only my computer stood out. The latest generation of iMac. Huh. I thought, Well thank god its a Mac, but jeez, everyone will know who I am. Some of the first words out of Jon's mouth were, So its not great filming weather at the moment in Europe. What do you think of Dubai?
I told him to get me on that plane right then and there.
I'm staying in the company flat, which at the moment houses three other Move One employees. They are all here for the conference I'm filming tomorrow and the next day. They seem to be all heads of offices around the world. For instance, the first of my roommates I started talking with is the station head in Afghanistan. He offered to have me film over there straight away. And the other is station head of all those other '-stan' countries. I can't even spell them, that's how ridiculous it is. My spell check doesnt even recognize them. Hmm. I wonder if that's a sign.
So that's interesting. I went out to eat at Jamie's favorite restaurant. I had goulash and Chicken Kiev. So amazing. I can hardly move right now, I'm so full. My typing skills are completely sub par too for some reason at the moment. But I said it earlier, and I'll say it again. Walking these streets. It's surreal. When I got back after my year abroad, I never really thought I would come back, at least this soon. I proved myself wrong. Thankfully.
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