Hungarian Guests

Edinburgh Castle

Great time hosting friends from Hungary. Since it was their first visit to Scotland, during their four-day visit we toured them around most of the major sights in Edinburgh. And, we spent countless hours catching up with each other.

Back in 2008, when we volunteered for Habitat for Humanity in Hungary for six months, Gyuri was our boss; he ran Habitat for that country. We became friends with him and his partner, Orsi. We have been friends ever since. They have a true international perspective and can talk about the history and culture of most every country in Europe as well as the US. In fact, they probably know more about US football, movies, and politics than most people living in the US, really. And they can talk from experience about the dramatic shift in life in Hungary from Soviet rule, to independence, and now back to the loss of independence. We are looking forward to visiting with them later in the Summer when we travel to Hungary.