To Go or Take Away?

After spending almost the entire day by myself, I got a call from Claire this evening asking if I wanted to hang out and explore Budapest a little at night. I of course accepted the invite. A little while later, the entire gang showed up at my apartment and we proceeded to take to the street. We ended up near Parliament where we began to look for a Mexican restaurant that Franky had looked up. We finally found the restaurant, called Iguana, on Zoltán Útca, and happily traipsed in. I officially ordered my first alcoholic drink (it's weird being legal before I'm supposed to be legal), a frozen strawberry margarita, and settled in for light, good-natured banter.

The evening was wonderful. We all sat back and enjoyed each others' company. It was lovely to eat something familiar (you can't go wrong with good chicken nachos, and these were very good). The only little hiccup in the evening was a misunderstanding with the waitress. My plate of nachos was huge, so I knew I wouldn't be able to finish them. I only managed to get through half of them, but I looked forward to taking them home and eating them the next day. I love left-overs. When the waitress came to clear the table I asked her if I could get my nachos to go. She responded a little confused "You want them take away?", to which I replied yes. When I was in New Zealand I found that they don't say "to go", they say "take away", so I assumed it must be the same here. I happily let the waitress take my plate with the assumption that we were on the same page. Wrong! She didn't bring my nachos back. An entire meal thrown away, what a terrible thing. So a word of caution, make sure your waitress knows what you mean by "to go." Mine apparently just thought I wanted the food removed from the table.

My disappointment was somewhat lessened by dessert. I decided to get the Juarez Ice Cream which was vanilla ice cream rolled in cinnamon and cocoa. It was absolutely delicious! I highly recommend it.

Well I suppose I should go to bed. I actually have class tomorrow, so it might be a good idea to be alert. Goodnight!