More About me

As I put it in my introduction, I was born in Hungary, but emigrated to the UK in June 1999 to seek an alternative lifestyle to what I was living before, and to fulfill my ambition to learn another language. I left my home country with the idea that I'd probably return in about 2 years and continue where I left off...

How wrong could I be? The 2 years quickly turned into 9, the last few of which being more enjoyable and satisfying. I had a very suiting partner (still have!), lived on a narrowboat, and had a steady job, where I gained some wonderful friends! I also lost 12 kgs of weight in the space of around 5 months, even though people kept telling me I didn't need to go on a "diet", but it made me feel so much better, and that's what mattered!

I think I also need to mention that while I lived in England, I only met a few hungarians, and never really made friends with any of them, apart from a great girl, who's half english and half hungarian. Oh, and my sister and brother, but I don't really count them. I may write about their stories later... So all in all what I wanted to say is, that by the end of my stay, (or well before that) I felt more british, than hungarian! And I must say I still feel like that!!! It's an identity thing. I don't know if I'm an isolated case, and no idea how others adapt in similar circumstances, but I think this is the root of my current depression. The problem being, that we are no longer in England, and now I feel so lost...

Can't really say much bad about Hungary itself, or its people in general. It is what it is.
My difficulty comes from my inability to adapt.