Topic: Expats living in Miskolc area

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Could you help me please to fill in this form.



Dear Expats,

I am an assistant professor at Corvinus University of Budapest. This June there will be an Erasmus Staff meeting with representatives from various European universities in Budapest on 9 June 2010. I was invited to hold a presentation there. As everybody chose a theoretical topic concerning cross-cultural issues, I decided to talk about something more practical,
The title of my presentation will be “How to be an alien in Hungary”.
In my presentation I am going to analyse the difficulties faced by foreign students and expats who are living, working, and studying in our country. I also intend to investigate how living, studying and working here changes their life-styles and improves their intercultural awareness.
My survey thus serves a double purpose.
On the one hand I am curious about how foreigners see our country; on the other hand I believe that it might help us improve the image of the country.
The survey seeks to learn about the various outcomes of intercultural experiences. I am curious about how the level of intercultural competence that is developed in the host country affects visitors’ lifestyle choices, and whether this has an impact, in turn, on communities and other individuals after they have returned home.

Please complete and return this form if you have the time.

Thanks for your helpfulness in advance.
Dr. Tünde Dókus (PhD in International Relations)
e-mail: tunde.dokus@uni-corvinus.hu

Personal data:

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Gender : Male Female

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How long have you lived in Hungary?

If you have lived here for a longer time, how do you think the country has changed? (e.g. for better or for worse?)


Prior to your intercultural experience in Hungary, did you have any other significant intercultural experiences?
If yes, what type of intercultural relationships did you have?
(Friends Work colleagues Spouse Other) (Specify)





Were those relationships developed through contact at home or abroad?



If you have had intercultural experiences before, did you develop any intercultural skills you could use when working in another country? (Especially in Hungary)




What was your level of interest in and motivation towards the host culture?



Do you think there is a typical “type” of Hungarian?


Have you made friends with local people?


Is language an obstacle in making friends with local people?


What was the most difficult thing for you to get used to?


What do you like most and least in the country?


What does Eastern Europe mean to you?


Do you think there is still a big difference between East and West? (Attitudes, services, standard of living etc.)



If you work for a business of any kind, what are the main differences between the managerial styles found in your country and those in Hungary?


How could you make this country a better place to live in? (Give your recommendations)

7. tunde on May 11, 2010, 11:32 am

Hi Carmel

In reply too:

Hi
We are considering moving to Hungary but out of Budapest area. It sounds like you don't meet many Brits. What is it like living there for retired people (65 plus)?
..............................................

I would only say at the moment, it all depends on what you wish to do here. I have been here since 1998.
* Are you looking for a quiet place?
* Do you want to live in a Town or village?
* Are you like active hobbies, ie do you like to walk or cycle, Hill walking etc etc?
* Would you like to live near to another Country , ie Austria, Romania, Slovakia ?
* Do want to live in a flat or a house ?
There is many questions to be asked. Well hope you still require this information, let me know if you need anymore :-)
Regards
Mark Lewis

6. Mark Lewis on March 22, 2010, 11:32 pm

Hi
We are considering moving to Hungary but out of Budapest area. It sounds like you don't meet many Brits. What is it like living there for retired people (65 plus)?

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4. blessing on February 21, 2010, 1:51 am

Thank you so much for your reply which unfortunately did not answer my question which was merely to enquire whether there were any other expats living in the Miskolc region of Hungary.

I've spent half my life as an expat living in 4 different countries and having done so in no way feel helpless or in need of costly consultants to advise me over matters I'm capable of sorting out for myself.

Thanks again for your your advice which I'm sure was well intentioned but not applicable to me

3. Barbs on February 6, 2010, 8:35 pm

Being an expatriate , there is no need for feeling helpless in the new country because, with the increasing rate of expatriation, the number of service providers has increased who offer useful products and services, special designed for the requirements of the expatriate individuals and families. Such services include health insurance schemes, expatriate banking solutions, expatriate tax advice, relocation and other such services. This has also increased the demand for expatriate marketing solutions, since expatriates are hard to reach through traditional advertising channels. However, expatriation does not only include challenges. An expatriate also avails a number of benefits, especially from the employer who asks its employee to relocate to a foreign country on urgent basis.

2. aiyana on February 4, 2010, 5:54 pm

Do all expats live in Budapest I wonder or are there a few who,like me have hidden themselves away in Northern Hungary? If so I've yet to find them. I've lived here for nearly three years and the only other Brit I know lives over a 100km away.

If anyone lives between Miskolc and Kosice (Slovakia) it would be nice to hear from them. I'd better add that I'm retired and well over fifty!

1. Barbs on January 27, 2010, 4:23 pm