This led to web site development which has been my main occupation ever since.  When my wife died very young, I wanted a complete change and, some time later I met my Hungarian partner.  

I moved to Budapest and have lived here ever since while she travels between here and England. There were some raised eyebrows when I told my clients I was relocating but enough kept the faith for me to be able to work from Hungary. Since then, I have also taught advanced English students and I also write music and opera reviews on a freelance basis for English language publications.

An unashamed culture vulture, I am generally found not far from a concert hall or opera house - usually on a terrace, weather permitting.
 

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I was on my third day visit. My partner said 'You are much happier here, why not stay?' The return ticket is still on my desk three years later.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
France

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
Nothing. I felt at home immediately - that was the best surprise of all.

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Summer - find a terrace, order drinks, chill out and watch the world go by. Winter - see the view from the Citadel on a clear night after a snowfall - stunning. Year round (ok, I am a culture vulture), The Opera House, Mupa.

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Roast wiild boar in a fruit sauce.

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Marvány.

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Szabadság

8. What do you miss the most from home?
Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce, long springs and autumns.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Retirement

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Anything of a '9 to 5' nature.

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Lond weekend in Bécs for my 60th.

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

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Don't remember my teens too well but hobby almost certainly involved teenage girls (over 16 of course).

14. What can't you resist?
Temptation

15. Red wine or white?
Red

16. Book or movie?
Book - anything by Le Carré, movie - Kagamusha

17. Morning person or night person?
What is this thing called morning?

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Underfunding in the Health Service, nationalism and politics of the hard right, racism.

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Pest

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Never put off till tomorrow anything that can wait till next week :-)