Xpat Interview: Fleur Hangel

  • 13 Apr 2012 12:00 PM
Xpat Interview: Fleur Hangel
I love the UK, have been there many times, have studied, read, taught, lectured in English all my life...



Have an MA and a Doctor Univ. in English (excellent Hungarian invention inherited from the pre-1990 times), a post-grad. diploma in psychology and counselling.

At the moment I give lectures to foreign students from the EU on Hungarian history and culture in Budapest...


1. Where did you grow up?
Hungary

2. If you could be an expat anywhere in the world, where would you choose?
Austria, UK, Sweden

3. What would you miss most if you moved away from Hungary?
I would simply be homesick

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
All Budapest sights

5. What is your favourite food?
Paprika chicken, strudel

6. What is your favourite sport / form of exercise?
Cycling, tennis

7. What is your favourite place in Hungary?
Budapest

8. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Doctor of medicine

9. What’s a job you would definitely never want?
Banker

10. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Austria

11. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Austria

12. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Beatles

13. What can’t you resist?
Bridge, chatting with friends

14. Red wine or white?
White, chilled

15. Book or movie?
Book

16. Morning person or night person?
Morning

17. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Poverty

18. Buda or Pest side?
Pest

19. Which achievement in your life are you most pleased about?
My degree, my post-grad. diploma, my work

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
You have to try to love, understand and help people as much as you can...

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