When we arrived in Budapest, I my first impressions were hot Hot HOT! I was dressed for a cool foggy day in Boston in jeans, a sweater, and sneakers! However, it only took us two or so days to adjust to the time change, weather, and food. The first night in Budapest, we went to a traditional Hungarian restaurant with live music, dancing, and traditional food. The goulash tasted amazing—it was so rich and flavorful. The dancing was also really impressive; some of us even were able to try it!
Over the next several days, we met several entrepreneurs and scholars from Budapest and other parts of Hungary at Corvinus University. I particularly enjoyed our conversations with a gender scholar from America-who-lives-in-Germany, Jeanne Hamilton. She spoke about how anything we perceive as "natural" should be questioned because we have been conditioned by our societ(ies) since birth to think this way. This is how we can break down stereotypes, consider their true implications, and form our own opinions on them. I also thought her comparisons between female candidates for office in the United States and in Germany were informative and interesting. We were able to draw some remarkable conclusions from this about the similarities and differences in our societies.
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