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Way back home...

I have been home for 1 month now, but I want to tell you about my last days in Szeged and my journey to Vienna and Budapest!


My last days in Szeged were really nice! I had the chance to see everyone important and to say goodbye. Of course it was not easy, but we spent a very good time together! 



One special day of my last week was the Chinese New Year at Tao Yi’s house! Thanks for the invitation! It was such a nice evening! I got a red envelope and there was soooo much nice and tasty Chinese food! Thanks to Tao Yi that I had the pleasure to join this event!











For the Chinese New Year Tao Yi and I made cookies!!!!





Furthermore I went to the synagogue! It was so impressive inside! 


 One of the last walks through the beautiful city...

Also thanks to Bea and Gergö for the nice evening we spent together!



On the last day i spent together with Dudu she could finish her box - look how beautiful it seems!


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Thank you for everything! I enjoyed my time with you everytime!!! ♥
After saying goodbye to all the wonderful people, leaving my flat behind, saying goodbye to Bea and Gergö at the train station, I started my journey to Budapest - with 74891740814 kg of luggage.
Do not ask me how i brought all the stuff to Budapest, but i did it!
Finally i arrived at the hotel and went to the airport where my mother arrived! On Monday morning we went to Vienna where we spent a really good time. But it was very cold there and we were glad when we came back to Budapest on Thursday afternoon! Some of the mentors had a training there and so my mother hat the pleasure to meet them! It was really nice! My mother really enjoyed the time in Hungary and likes Budapest! We had luck with the weather and so we were able to do a lot of things outside; for example we went up to the "Citadella". Furthermore to the "Halászbástya", the Nagy Vásárcsarnok, the Hősök tere and much more :)


"Phil" Wien - greetings to Bea!!!


A big ice skating place in front of the town hall!

Vienna Burgtheater

My mother! :)


In front of the castle "Schönbrunn"

A famous house painted by "Hundertwasser"




Opera House















Thanks to everyone!!! ♥


Németországból a mentorprogramba?

Németországból a mentorprogramba?
Mikor 2013 augusztusában az Európai Önkéntes Szolgálat keretében Szegedre érkeztem, nem volt konkrét elképzelésem, hogy milyen szerepem lehetne majd a mentorprogramban. Különösen aggódtam amiatt, hogy a nyelvi korlátokat nem tudjuk átlépni, és ez megnehezíti azt is, hogy megtaláljam itt a helyemet. Azonban néhány nap után találkoztam először két mentorálttal, és ez rádöbbentett arra, hogy egy nagyszerű lehetőséget kaptam. Időközben megtaláltam a konkrét feladataimat is a projektben, és számos új kapcsolatot alakítottam ki. A heti feladataim között szerepel az is, hogy három mentorálttal foglalkozok. Szerencsére a a nyelvi akadályokkal kapcsolatos félelmeim alaptalannak bizonyult, mivel az anyanyelvem,a német nyelv Magyarországon, a mentorprogramban végzett munkám során is fontos szerephez jut.
Néhány mentoráltnak az iskolai német tanulás első lépéseiben segítek, míg van, akivel a már meglévő tudást mélyítjük el vagy megírjuk a házi feladatot. Mikor az irodában dolgozok, igyekszem kreatív, fejlesztő játékokat, feladatokat kitalálni, amelyek segítségével bevezethetem a gyerekeket a német nyelv rejtelmeibe. Erre egy jó példa a „Bingo”, mellyel a kisebbek is könnyedén megtanulhatják németül (vagy más idegen nyelven) a számokat és színeket.
Rendkívül érdekesnek találom azt, ahogyan egymással kommunikálunk, akkor is, ha nem beszélünk közös nyelvet. Közvetítő nyelvként általában az angolt használjuk, de az egyik mentorált németül is egész jól tud. Mindemellett együtt dolgozom egy olyan kislánnyal is, akivel valóban nincs közös nyelvünk! Ennek ellenére egész jól megértjük egymást, legfeljebb időként kézzel-lábbal mutogatunk közben.
Mindezen felül a projekt két kultúra találkozását is jelenti számomra: az egyik oldalról a német kultúrát képviselem, arra törekszem, hogy ezt bemutassam; a másik oldalról pedig én is tanulok tőlük,megismerhetem az egyéni történeteiket és a magyarországi életüket. Azt gondolom, hogy így hidakat építhetünk Magyarország és Németország között.
Leírhatatlan érzés, mikor egy mentorált mosolyogva elém áll, és azokkal a szavakkal köszön, amelyeket tőlem tanult. Ezekben a pillanatokban biztosan tudom, megtaláltam a helyemet és a feladatomat, fontosnak és hasznosnak érezem az együtt töltött időt.

Als ich am im August 2013 meinen europäischen Freiwilligendienst bei DARTKE begann, hatte ich noch keine genaue Vorstellung, welche Stelle ich im Mentorship Programm einnehmen würde.
Besonders große Angst hatte ich, dass sich die Sprachbarriere nicht überschreiten lassen würde und es so zu schwer für mich sein könnte, einen geeigneten Platz zu finden. Doch nach nur wenigen Tagen hatte ich mein erstes Treffen mit zwei Mentis und es erwies sich direkt als eine wunderbare Gelegenheit. Mittlerweile habe ich mich in das Projekt eingefunden und viele Kontakte geknüpft. Mein Wochenplan besteht aus festen Terminen mit drei Mentis und verschiedenen Aufgaben, die wir durchführen. Glücklicherweise war meine Angst vor der Sprache als Hindernis unbegründet, denn Deutsch als meine Muttersprache spielt nun auch hier in Ungarn bei meiner Arbeit im Mentorship Programm eine wichtige Rolle. Ich helfe ihnen erste Grundkenntnisse der deutschen Sprache zu erlernen, verfestige bereits vorhandenes Wissen und helfe bei ihren Hausaufgaben. Während meiner Arbeit im Büro bereite ich kreative Spielideen oder Baseltaufgaben vor, mit Hilfe derer ich Zugänge zur deutschen Sprache verschaffen kann. Spielerisch gelingt es so, meine eigene Kultur weiterzugeben und Brücken zwischen Deutschland und Ungarn zu bauen.
Es ist ein umwerfendes Gefühl, wenn ein Menti lächelnd vor mir steht und mich mit gelernten Worten begrüßt. In diesen Momenten weiß ich, dass ich meinen Platz gefunden habe, hier genau richtig bin und etwas bewirke.

When I started my EVS in August 2013, I did not know what I would do in the Mentorship Program. Mostly I was scared because of the language difficulties. But it was all quite different... After a few days I had my first meeting with two menties and it was really good! Meanwhile I found my place in the project and got to know a lot of people. During the week I meet two Mentis. We do a lot of differnt stuff, like learning German and playing games. Luckily my fear because of the language skills was groundless, because German as my mother tongue plays a very important role in the Mentorship Program – e.g. I am able to help the youngsters with their German homework.
During my work in the office I can develop new games or handicraft ideas which are useful to learn German. So it is possible to learn German playfully and I have the chance to present my own culture.

I hope I can built bridges between Germany and Hungary!!!




EVS - learning for life!

When I tidied my drawer in the office, I found a description of the European Voluntary Service I wrote for the visitors of the SZIN festival in August.

What is the European Voluntary Service?

The European Volutary Service is open for all people aged 18 - 30. By participating in the voluntary service you can develop new skills, build bridges between two different cultures, collect new experiences and expan your horizont.

Participation is free for the volunteers (except a possible contribution of a maximum of 10% of the travel costs). You get board and lodging, insurance cover and pocket money.

How can you find an EVS project?

A succesful EVS project requires at least three key players: a sending organisation, a host organisation and you - the volunteer. (Also a coordination organisation is important, but sometimes it is the same like the host organisation!)

You have to search in the "European database on EVS accredited organisations" for a sending organisation. 
For example this could be DARTKE!!! 

If you found a sending organisation you need a host organisation. You can find a lot of different projects in the database!
Each organisation is presented through a short description, it's motivation, the themes of work and the contact details.
So you have to contact them if you are interested and to send a letter of motivation. 

Do not give up your dream if they do not answer! A lot of people send their application and so they do not answer everybody.

Do you need any qualifications?
No! There are no qualification requirements. Basic language knowledge will help, but is not necessary!


Now the EVS belongs to the new project which is called "Erasmus +".


New year started...

2013 – the year with the most chances in my life – is over. Time passes too fast, my last month already started…

December was a really good month with a lot of beautiful and funny activities. When Lisa (my German friend) was here, we organized a handicraft workshop to create some Christmas decoration.


With the Mentorship project we planned a big Christmas event on the last Saturday before the holidays. We spent some time together, eating some Christmas cookies and trying out Nicolas game about learning French and Hungarian. After that we went to the ice shrink place. It was really good, because almost everyone was there and we spent some funny hours together.








After that the mentors spent some time together. It was also one of the last days for Nicolas, so we made a team photo:


For me it was also time for packing my luggage, because I went home for Christmas. On Sunday the 22.12.2013 the day was there, I got into the plane straight to Germany. I couldn’t believe and I did not know how to feel. My parents waited for my at Cologne airport and were really happy to see me again. Of course I was happy too!
When I came into my room it felt strange… I was there again! The first night in my own big bed was fantastic! 

It was the best Christmas since I was younger! We had a Christmas tree, I got nice presents, saw a lot of my friends and spent time with my family. 



It was really nice to be there again, but I was also glad when I went back. I went back by train, it took 16h and the heating in the train was damaged. Almost frozen I arrived in Vienna in the early morning where my last rain to Budapest started.
Finally arrived in Szeged, I saw Nicolas again and our last time together in the flat started… 
On the 31. of December we went by train to Budapest where we had to say “goodbye”.

I spent my New Year’s Eve together with 13 other German volunteers. They work in Hungary, Romania and there was one guy who works in France together with one guy  of my hometown… The world is soooo small!
We spent a good time together till we went out at midnight to the Margit Hid. There we watched a small firework and were bewitched by the beautiful setting of Budapest.
I love that city!



Happy new year to everyone!

Boldog új évet kívánok!



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