Tag: Traveling
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Week 27 — A Week of Work, Community & Budapest Adventures
10th March — Day 170 After our big weekend trip to Kraków and Prague, we arrived back in Szolnok around 8 AM on Monday. Even though we were tired, some of us decided to go to the Youth Center instead of resting all day. There wasn’t much on the schedule, so we took it easy…
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Week 26 – Kraków and Prague Adventure
3rd March – Day 163 On Monday, we held our first Language Club session. We introduced ourselves and focused on teaching the Georgian alphabet to the attendees. 4th March – Day 164 On Wednesday, we attended the workshop and started planning a tech-related club where people could learn 3D modeling, programming, math, English, and music.…
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Week 25 – Language Club & A Trip to Bratislava and Vienna
24th February – Day 156On Monday, we started planning a Language Club where young people from the Szolnok area could learn the absolute basics of Georgian, French, and German. We designed a flyer and planned an advertising video. Additionally, we booked FlixBus tickets for our upcoming weekend trip. 25th February – Day 157On Tuesday, we…
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Week 24 – The Newbies and Budapest Trip
18th February – Day 150 On Tuesday, I returned from my spontaneous visit to Germany. I had some dental issues and needed to see a dentist. However, since it wasn’t classified as a “real” emergency, the Henner health insurance from the ESC didn’t cover the costs. Additionally, Hungary has a different system for dental insurance,…
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A Fresh Start: First Week of the New Year
Week 18 6th January – Day 108Monday marked the first workday of the new year. We cleaned the youth center to prepare it for an upcoming rental. On Sunday, I had also tried a new recipe: vegan red lentil pancakes. 7th January – Day 109I spent Tuesday at the youth center working on the Information…
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Week 17 – Back to Szolnok
3rd January – Day 105My journey back to Hungary commenced with a 4:45 am wake-up call to prepare for the ICE train departing from Cologne Central Station at 6:55 am. We traveled there via S-Bahn from my home district. I mention “we” because my mother accompanied me to bid farewell as I boarded the ICE.…
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Wrapping Up the Year: Reflections, Celebrations, and Homecoming
Week 16 16th December – Day 98Monday began with cleaning and tidying the youth center after the guitar concert the previous day. Pisti also brought some sacks of old clothes for us to pick through—I found a leather jacket that I liked.In the evening, Roland, András, and I went out for pizza, enjoying a relaxed…
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Cultural Encounters and Farewells
Week 15 9th December – Day 91This Monday, we had a change of routine. Instead of my usual Hungarian lesson, we had a special program. Roli picked us up, and by 8:30 AM, we were at the youth center.The reason? We met with a group of individuals from a social minority. Lana gave a presentation…
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BIT – Back In Town
Week 10 4. November – Day 56The 4th of November was a Monday, and I went back to Szolnok to continue my volunteering with the ESC. I left at 8.30am to get to Cologne Central Station, where my ICE train to Vienna left with a 15–20-minute delay. I arrived in Vienna 20 minutes later than…
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Hortobágy
23 September – Day 23That day I had to get up at 6 a.m. because we were going on a school trip to Hortobágy with a class from Szolnok. We took a long-distance bus. Our first stop on this trip was the Lake Tisza Eco centre in Poroszló, Hungary. There we got a tour of…