Xpat Interview: Hans-Jürgen Grassler

  • 29 Aug 2009 12:00 PM
Xpat Interview: Hans-Jürgen Grassler
Employer: AVIS Budapest


Position: Rental Sales Agent

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?

I came here in February, 1984 because my wife is Hungarian and I was also attracted by the country and the people living here.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
No

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
The fact that you could be much more free than in the DDR (East Germany).

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Sightseeing: Downtown, Margarita-Island, Castle area, Citadelle and
Barbecue party in the evening

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Fish soup

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Cold cuts, eggs, beer :-)

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Szeretet

8. What do you miss the most from home?
German bread, Vienna bread, cold cuts.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Printer/typographer

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Miner

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
South Hungary

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

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Handball

14. What can't you resist?
White bread with bacon

15. Red wine or white?
Red wine

16. Book or movie?
Both. Book and movie.

17. Morning person or night person?
Night one

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Poverty, the Gipsy problem

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Pest

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Try to do your best of your life.

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