It's Friday!

Szia!

Another day in Budapest began with our daily routine of waking up and having our Hungarian breakfast of yogurt, toast with either jam or nutella with a nice glass of juice! It was not long before we found ourselves in the classroom of our usual attendance learning about number theory! However, the day’s lesson was even more interesting as we learned about the cryptography of Julius Caesar. We learned how to encode and decode messages and discussed the role cryptography plays in the security of the public. An example of what we learned in class today follows:

 

Using the coding scheme of the letters use the decoding function to decipher the following encoded message below:

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

Decoding function: P=C-3 (This means subtract three from each of the given letters below)

For example: The coded letter M would be J because M-3=J

Now you try and decode our secret message!

ZH ORYH EXGDSHVW

In the afternoon we had a guest speaker who spoke to us regarding Hungarian music! What a joy it was to hear the different kinds of music that is traditionally listened to at weddings, birthdays, or just on a typical day. We also got to hear our speaker sing, and oh boy, did she have a voice! Although there were some technical difficulties with the cd player, we all enjoyed listening to the traditional music of Hungary.

Since it was Friday and the evening was surely upon us, many of us went out and had dinner. However the LADIES felt it was time for special night out on the town with just us girls. So we had a ladies night, where we went out for dinner and drinks (Non-alcoholic of course). The night came to an early end, as we all were quite exhausted from the long week of studying and exploring. We made our way back to the hotel and fell fast asleep, excited to enjoy our last weekend in Budapest.

Szia!

Mariah & Randie