[SENco-forum] Re Hungary ....

Never been, but have experienced it the other way around by hosting
Hungarians.

I teach EFL to young French students, but 3 coaches arrived from Hungary
(1994) and  I ended up with a married couple and their 14 year old daughter
instead of 3 children.  I had a 18ft room decked out with 3 single beds and
they were quite happy with that.  I always go to a lot of trouble with the
food and was surprised when they kept saying it was 'fine'.  I thought they
meant 'OK' but it turns out it is more similar in meaning to 'fine art' or
fine wine.
I felt more than a little foolish.

Better prepared for next time I then ended up with two 65 year old women
with no English at all.  The trip was arranged by the factory their husbands
worked for.  It was heavily subsidised and included anyone who worked there,
or their families.   The husbands had refused to go and in a fit of defiance
the two old (they seem older from there) ladies decided to go anyway - a
once in a lifetime opportunity - leaving their husbands and families in
uproar and chaos.

Fortunately my 3rd guest was the English teacher from the local school sent
as an interpreter.  Neither of us could believe our luck. 10 days of
conversation, fine dining with English cookery demonstrations beforehand
accompanied by Hungarian wine. They were most impressed by our Christmas
Pudding so we made and cooked some to travel back to Hungary. Could have
been interesting in Customs as they were the size and weight of cannon
balls.

Sharon

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