Szeged Scavenger Hunt Movement II

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And mom told me it was a large learning institution.

Collectively I looked for this building for over 6 hours over a week and a half. I found a lot of places that were not the Szeged Egyetem Könyvtár (Szeged University Library); these are some of the more interesting finds along the way

University Biological Institute:

Pretty building on the wrong side of town

Random big glass building in the middle of town:

Pretty building being painted in the middle of town

Cool statue on the bank of the Tisza:

The most amazing smelling roses!!! I wish I could have recorded the smell it was so amazing!

One day I was riding the wrong bus home and I saw a big glassy schooly looking building so I got off the bus at the next stop and walked back to check it out. I ran into a girl who plays flute in the orchestra I am in on the street. She worriedly asked if I was lost and I told her "not exactly." I told her about the scavenger hunt thing and that I was looking for a big glassy school building and she pointed me toward the biological institute of the university, which was very cool but not quite right.

The next day I wandered some more and ended up using these public maps we have and just trying to spot big glassy looking buildings. I noticed two:

This map literally ended one block from where the library really was:

Map that led me to Random big glass building in the middle of town:

About three days later, after searching aimlessly every day I asked my mom for more information and she told me it was a library. That did nothing for me at first with no way to get information and too many libraries in Szeged to simply ask "Hol van a könyvtár?" because I could have been pointed toward any of them.

Then at the next band rehearsal my friend asked if I had found it and I told her I hadn't but that I knew it was a library. She told me that it must be the university library and gave me directions. "Do you know the University Music Building?"

"No"

"What about the TESCO?" 

"Which TESCO?" 

"Not the express the big TESCO." 

"Okay I got it."

"Okay so you go past the TESCO and the Music Building and you go and you go and you go and you go and when you get to the bus station you turn right." 

"Alright thanks :)."

I really did try to use these directions but I could not find a TESCO in town that wasn't express or the music building. Then at the very end of the day on Tuesday I found the music building. It turns out the TESCO is an express but oh well. I was very tired and decided I would try on Wednesday instead. Turns out there are a lot of directions to go and go and go and go that involve those two buildings because they are on an intersection with a roundabout and at least six streets leading into it. I went in what I thought was the most likely direction and turned every time I saw a street with students walking out of it because I didn't see a bus station.

After two days of that I resorted to google maps. Google maps told me that I had been on the right street all along but that there is no bus station, just bus stops, and that you have to turn one more time to actually find the library.

On Monday before Hungarian lessons I followed my directions and finally found the very nice University Library.

SUCCESS!!!