No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

Edward Teller



 

On Hungary

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Experiences in Hungary


Budapest
Joy has been to Budapest
Szentendre
Joy has been to Szentendre

On Hungary

Joy spent the summer after her junior year in college working at the Open Society Archives in Budapest, Hungary. She secured the position after reaching out to an MHC alumna who was from Hungary and had returned after college to work there. The MHC alumna introduced Joy to many of her co-workers, which made Joy's time in Hungary a meaningful and fun experience.

Pavol met Joy at the train station and, throughout the summer, would go out of his way to show Joy all the historical sites around town. Another coworker rented an apartment to Joy for the summer. Susie took Joy under her wing at work and made sure she knew about the fun things to do around town, including an aerobics class, where Joy got lots of practice counting to 10 in Hungarian. Egy, kettö, három, négy, öt, hat, hét, nyolc, kilenc, tíz!

Karina, a classmate at MHC, came to visit Joy in Budapest that summer. They had a great time checking out the city's famous thermal baths and eating ice cream marketed to tourists as "homecooked" in nearby, Szentendre, just a short train ride outside of Budapest.


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