After graduating, I settled in Budapest with my wife and started working as an English teacher. The Hungarian capital attracted me with Pest's busy street life and wide boulevards and Buda's sloping cobblestone alleys.

Despite being here for some time, I discover a new thing about Hungary each day and I feel that Budapest is a great place to be an expat.

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I arrived in Hungary in late August 2009 to start my postgraduate studies in Budapest.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
I spent a month in the United States in my freshman year of high school.

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
The bath tradition and the sheer number of baths in Budapest alone.

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend what must they absolutely see and do?
I would definitely take them to Szechenyi for an authentic Budapest bath experience. Or Gellert bath, if I feel classy.

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Somloi galuska.

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Fruit yoghurt.

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?
Babacska.

8. What do you miss the most from home?
The three F’s: family, friends and food.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
I would like to write professionally.

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

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Sunny Makarska in Croatia.

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

13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
As a teenager I listened to the Foo Fighters a lot and played classical guitar. My favorite film was Strange Days.

14. Apart of temptation what can't you resist?
The Hungarian cukraszda. My favorite is Daubner in Buda.

15. Red wine or white?
Red wine. A good Egri Bikaver to go with a big meal.

16. Book or movie?
When commuting or at the beach – book. When unwinding on the sofa with my wife – movie.

17. Morning person or night person?
I am more of a morning person since I get more done earlier in the day.

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
Access to education and information.

19. Buda side or Pest side?
While Buda has its obvious charm, I spend most of my time in Pest and have grown attached to it.

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Live and learn.