It's Different

After being in Hungary for a few days the differences between the American culture and Hungarian culture really start to stand out:

1. After showering today one of the girls asked me if I washed my hair EVERY DAY?! That was weird to them and I had to listen to her explain (in Hungarian so I could only understand her hand motions) why it was so bad.
2. When counting, Hungarians start with their thumbs, not their pointer finger. So if you say "1" and hold up your pointer finger, they think you're saying "2".
3. Cell phones are allowed at camp. I've NEVER been to a camp in the States that allows campers to use their cell phones, but here you see campers walking around talking on the phones or listening to their music all the time. They even have to ask the students to silence their phones during the group meeting times.
4. Not only is washing your hair everyday odd, showering in the morning (like I do) is also a foreign concept to them. They only shower at night.
   
5. You ALWAYS wash the dirt of your shoes. Every bathroom has a brush that looks like a big toothbrush and all the students clean their shoes, well, at least their sandals, every night.
6. Chap stick/lipstick/etc., according to the Hungarians is also bad for you. I got bombarded by girls in my cabin trying to explain (again in Hungarian) how bad it was for my lips as I put on my chap stick before leaving the room.
7. The food...dinner is the lightest meal of the day. Tonight we had sliced white bread, a slice of cheese, sliced meat (ham and salami), a mix of vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers) butter and jam. It was all good, but in my mind that's what I eat for lunch. Lunch was noodles with some stroganoff sauce, vegetable soup and white bread, it's their largest meal.
   

Those were a few of the things I've noticed thus far. More to come later...