This cool pub in located in Budapest, Hungary.  Szimpla Kert is a huge pub with decor of mismatched items, a disused Trabant car, and garden plants everywhere.  The pub consists of two floors where you can either sit inside or outside giving this pub a really great ambiance.  There is definitely a mix of people but in my opinion, that is exactly what makes the pub so awesome. 

Dim sum is a popular Cantonese cuisine prepared in small portions in steam baskets or plates and meant for sharing.  It is unique in the sense that most dim sum restaurants have their servers push a cart with different dishes that you can pick from at any time.  This idea of small dishes for sharing is modernized at Ping Pong in Washington D.C.  The restaurant has a long list of dumplings, bao sliders, and other dishes that you just check off and a server brings it to the kitchen where it is prepared.

I had an amazing weekend because I was able to visit one of my friends from abroad who currently lives in Washington D.C.  In addition to that, one of my friends from college, Gabby, was able to join us as well.  I drove from New York to Gabby's house in Maryland where we then took the metro in to D.C.  Jordan, my friend from abroad, actually lives in a popular area called DuPont and it is close to many attractions, restaurants, and bars.  

I am proud to announce that for the next year I will be teaching English in Hong Kong!  I'm very excited for this new opportunity but also a little nervous.  I lived abroad in Sevilla for four months but living abroad for one year seems really daunting.  I'm fortunate enough to have family in Hong Kong however.  My uncle is an architect in Hong Kong and he lives there with his wife and one year old daughter.  I haven't seen my uncle since I was little so I'm really pumped to see him again and meet his wife and daughter!