Magyarorszag-Hungary to Katja

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Szia Katja,

Koszonom jol!

Nice Hungarian - and no grammar or spelling mistakes either!! How

much time did you spend here? I figured from your name earlier that

you or your parents must be from somewhere around Hungary. I guessed

Russia, but tell me if I am wrong.

I live in Veszprem, it is to the west of the Danube and southwest of

Budapest. It is quite close (10 miles) to the Lake Balaton. And I

teach in a biligual grammar school in Balatonalmadi, a lakeside

town, where in a few months our house is going to be built!! So I am

moving some 10 miles away from my and my husband's hometown. What

great distances

This year (and I hope for the next few years)I teach British History

and Civilization to juniors and English as a second language for the

Seniors. In our school several subjects are taught both in English

and Hungarian and some only in one or the other. So our seniors

generally use English at the level of proficiency.

Last year I was on a Fulbright teacher exchange grant to Columbia,

SC where I taught American Literature for Juniors and Politics and

Government for Seniors. One of their teachers came to teach English

in my school here.

Lucky me, get to teach different subjects every year!

I would love to have some kalacs but is it ok if I soak it in milk

first

Actually while in SC one of the things we missed most was bread and

in fact all other bakery stuff. We just had a bakery open here in

the neighbouhood and me and my husband are trying all their lovely

buns and cakes.... Well, he is trying them and I am watching him:)

Remelem te is jol vagy es hamarosan hallok feloled.

Minden jot,

Karola

PS: Thanks, you were a nice surprise to me with your Hunagrian!!

ps2: it would take me hours to get to Budapest on a bus and then all

the public transport there - much more convenient to have my husband

drive

> Szia Karola!

> Hogy vagy?!? Remelem jol? (I'm not sure if that is gramatically

> correct but I hope so except for no accents in yahoo!) I just had

to

> say Hi! I have been to Hungary several times and loved it! Are

you

> north/south/west of Budapest? I have seen a little bit of the

country

> side as well as Budapest and it is wonderful there.... I started

> learning Hungarina while I was there too (can't get by with

English

> at all!) and am trying to keep up my studies of the language. Your

> English is quite good. What do you teach? I'd love to hear

> more.... In the meantime, Please have some finom fonott kalacs and

> visit szechenyi (spelling) baths for me! viszlat, Katja

> And no, I cannot imagine driving in Budapest!

trains/trams/metro

> are easier I think!

>

[Guest guest]

Or you simply chose the name because you are taking a course in

Russian? Just read that in one of your messages.

K

>

> Szia Katja,

> Koszonom jol!

> Nice Hungarian - and no grammar or spelling mistakes either!! How

> much time did you spend here? I figured from your name earlier

that

> you or your parents must be from somewhere around Hungary. I

guessed

> Russia, but tell me if I am wrong.

> I live in Veszprem, it is to the west of the Danube and southwest

of

> Budapest. It is quite close (10 miles) to the Lake Balaton. And I

> teach in a biligual grammar school in Balatonalmadi, a lakeside

> town, where in a few months our house is going to be built!! So I

am

> moving some 10 miles away from my and my husband's hometown. What

> great distances

> This year (and I hope for the next few years)I teach British

History

> and Civilization to juniors and English as a second language for

the

> Seniors. In our school several subjects are taught both in English

> and Hungarian and some only in one or the other. So our seniors

> generally use English at the level of proficiency.

> Last year I was on a Fulbright teacher exchange grant to Columbia,

> SC where I taught American Literature for Juniors and Politics and

> Government for Seniors. One of their teachers came to teach

English

> in my school here.

> Lucky me, get to teach different subjects every year!

> I would love to have some kalacs but is it ok if I soak it in milk

> first

> Actually while in SC one of the things we missed most was bread

and

> in fact all other bakery stuff. We just had a bakery open here in

> the neighbouhood and me and my husband are trying all their lovely

> buns and cakes.... Well, he is trying them and I am watching him:)

> Remelem te is jol vagy es hamarosan hallok feloled.

> Minden jot,

> Karola

>

> PS: Thanks, you were a nice surprise to me with your Hunagrian!!

> ps2: it would take me hours to get to Budapest on a bus and then

all

> the public transport there - much more convenient to have my

husband

> drive

>

>

> > Szia Karola!

> > Hogy vagy?!? Remelem jol? (I'm not sure if that is gramatically

> > correct but I hope so except for no accents in yahoo!) I just

had

> to

> > say Hi! I have been to Hungary several times and loved it!

Are

> you

> > north/south/west of Budapest? I have seen a little bit of the

> country

> > side as well as Budapest and it is wonderful there.... I started

> > learning Hungarina while I was there too (can't get by with

> English

> > at all!) and am trying to keep up my studies of the language.

Your

> > English is quite good. What do you teach? I'd love to hear

> > more.... In the meantime, Please have some finom fonott kalacs

and

> > visit szechenyi (spelling) baths for me! viszlat, Katja

> > And no, I cannot imagine driving in Budapest!

> trains/trams/metro

> > are easier I think!

> >