I've had an interesting & varied career path throughout my life, mostly in customer care, administrative roles or catering, but I've also been very lucky in that I was able to link my career with my hobbies & passions, combining or running them concurrently at times.

These were in the fields of entertainment & Community Arts, where I have enjoyed moderate success as a D.J., actor, singer, writer, & producer/director. I have been a frequent visitor to Budapest over the last three years, and have grown to love the city and it's atmosphere, and look forward to coming and settling down here.

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I've visited several times and hope to move there in the summer to be with my partner

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
No

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
What a beautiful and cosmopolitan city Budapest is, and how impressive the public transport system is

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Apart from the obvious beautiful tourist attractions, I'd like to show them some of the smaller bars, and ice cream palaces, off the tourist track, to see some real Hungarian life. and a trip down the escalator at Metro 2, Moskva tér Station. Man that's deep!

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Hortobágyi palacsinta & kürt?s kalács (fahéjas) though not together, obviously!

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
A good selection of cheeses, and lots of mineral water & milk

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Szeretlek, the first one I ever learned!

8. What do you miss most from home?
Black pudding, haggis, proper fish and chips and my beautiful homeland

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Rock singer or theatre director

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Working in the insect house in the zoo

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Touring the UK

12. Where do you hope to spend your next holiday?
Croatia

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Band - Wizzard then Kiss,
Film - Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Hobby - Photography

14. What can't you resist?
Chocolate & my lover's smile

15. Red wine or white?
White

16. Book or movie?
Movie

17. Morning person or night person?
Night

18. Dog person or cat person?
Dog

19. Buda or Pest side?
Budapest!

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Spread your wings and fly