Xpat Interview: Dilyara Teshebayeva
- 24 Mar 2011 11:00 AM

Know Russian, Kazakh, learning French and Hungarian.
Love to travel, work out and make bath products.
1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I came to Budapest in September 2007 as I got a scholarship to study at the Central European University.
2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
Yes, I have lived in New York
3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
That very few people speak English which I turned into advantage and have been learning Magyar :)
4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
To see: Statue of liberty, Fisherman's Bastion, Andrássy street, Opera house
To do: visit Széchenyi baths, eat at Liszt Ferenc tér, go to a night club on Margit island
5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Túró rudi
6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Carrots :)
7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Fürdőgolyó
8. What do you miss the most from home?
My family
9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Nutrition specialist
10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Teacher in elementary school
11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Hebalm, Austria
12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Berlin
13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Backstreet boys
14. What can't you resist?
Can not resist to pass by a beauty shop, have to stop by :)
15. Red wine or white?
Red
16. Book or movie?
Movie
17. Morning person or night person?
Night person
18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Malnutrition
19. Buda side or Pest side?
Pest
20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Aim for the moon and if you miss you will still shine among the stars.








