Hello from Chicago!
My name is Kata, I'm from Budapest, Hungary and have been in the states for 2 years. I have two dogs, Lumpi (Loompy), who is a two and a half year-old mutt, who we got from Columbia, SC (where we lived for 9 months) and in March Professor Boni (Boniface) joined our family, who is a 7 months old OES. Boni was born in Main. We just moved from Boston to Chicago for 6 months and around Boni's first birthday we are probably moving back to Boston. Oh, and my husband is from TX so we are a very international family! I am a dog trainer but I rather say I train people than dogs. I help owners communicate and understand their dogs. I hope I can help here too.  |
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| Welcome Kata!
I look forward to your advice... I wish we had met up when you were my neck of the woods. Maybe when you get back! Will you help me to train my wife? Stick shift please. |
Welcome Kata, Lumpi and Professor Boni!  |
| Welcome to the forum Kata and Crew, sending Hi's from Australia |
Pepsi's Mommy wrote: Welcome Kata, Lumpi and Professor Boni!
Ditto....looking forward to your advise. |
| Welcome Kata and family. Where in Chicago do you live? I'm in South Elgin, which is about 50 miles west of the city. |
| Hi Kata, I think you are the first person from Hungary to be on this board. (Ron?) My great grandparents immigrated here from Hungary in the 1920's. You are certainly getting a taste for the US being in so many different locations.
Nice that you're a dog trainer as well, I'm sure you could offer a lot of great pointers. |
| Cool! Welcome! Looking forward to your input. |
| hi kata! Cant wait to hear some really good advice!! |
| Thank you all for your nice welcome!
Ron, we'll definitely catch up when we get back to Boston! We lived in Swampscott and when we get back I think we would like to stay somewhere there...are you in Boston? Lisaoes! I love Aussieland!!!!  I always wanted to go to Wagga Wagga!!!! 
Paula O! We live downtown Chicago on North LaSalle. Do you guys come to town? VerveUp! It's nice to hear that you have some Hungarian blood in you! We are everywhere. 
Pepsi's Mom, Violet, Valerie and Darcy! I hope I will be able to help everybody and give you all good advice. Well, I really hope I will be able to put my thoughts into words so that you will all understand me. |
| Welcome Kata, Lumpi and Boni, from Minnesota.
I have no family ties from Hungary, but my daughter LeAnne was there for a wedding.... OK, she was in Germany staying with our previous exchange student Tatyana and they all went to Budapest for a wedding. |
| We live close to Framingham, about 1/2 way between Boston and Worcester. Near the intersection of Route I-495 and the Mass Turnpike (I-90). |
| Welcome to the forum! |
Hi and welcome  |
| Welcome Kata & crew! We're glad you've joined us and look forward to getting to know you & your furkids. |
got sheep wrote: Welcome Kata, Lumpi and Boni, from Minnesota.
I have no family ties from Hungary, but my daughter LeAnne was there for a wedding.... OK, she was in Germany staying with our previous exchange student Tatyana and they all went to Budapest for a wedding. That's cool! How did she take that wedding? Hungarian weddings are fun.  |
| Welcome,
My Grandfather came from Budapest , family still there Tata (is that spelled right?) cousins have come here to visit. You are so right Hungarian weddings are so fun!! My grandfather settled in Leechburg PA . We never learned to speak the language my grandfather said he was an american and spoke english and always bought american made things. He spoke broken english but behind closed doors he spoke his native language. As a child I liked to listen but never learned a word  |
| WELCOME! |
| She thought the wedding was lots of fun! They were close friends of Tatyana's mom. She was 16 years old when she went there.
She does remember that there was a very big difference between the public areas the tourists saw and the areas away where the average people lived. It made her sad. |
4dognight wrote: Welcome,
My Grandfather came from Budapest , family still there Tata (is that spelled right?) cousins have come here to visit. You are so right Hungarian weddings are so fun!! My grandfather settled in Leechburg PA . We never learned to speak the language my grandfather said he was an american and spoke english and always bought american made things. He spoke broken english but behind closed doors he spoke his native language. As a child I liked to listen but never learned a word Hi 4dognight! Yes, you spelled Tata right. It's were the Turul bird is on the top of the hill. Have you ever been there? When did you grandfather left Hungary, if you don't mind me asking? I'm sure he had his reason to leave and he must have been very hurt back home. How does Hungarian sound to you? I may be the only 100% Hungarian on the forum but there are so many of you with some Hungarian blood in you!
Ps: I'm sure you could still learn the language! I know it's hard - my husband is learning it and I can see he is having a hard time with it but he is trying hard. |
got sheep wrote: She thought the wedding was lots of fun! They were close friends of Tatyana's mom. She was 16 years old when she went there.
She does remember that there was a very big difference between the public areas the tourists saw and the areas away where the average people lived. It made her sad. Unfortunately, I think I know which district she was in....people try not to go there. There are really nice areas in Bp, unfortunately, the 8th district is in the city so it's easy to go through or get lost around there. I've learnt that there is one district in every city you shouldn't go. When was she there? If she was there before '89 then that's another story. |
| It was 1998 or 1999 when she was there. I don't know if she knows the exact area. She just had a general feeling from being there that the country and average people were poor. Less of the conveniences that most here take for granted.
Our exchange student Sigita from Lithuania really noticed the differences. Having her stay with us was the best learning experience for all of us. She was here on a scholarship through Rotary. Her father was a doctor and they still were poor. The government couldn't afford to pay him much. She said she had friends whose parents were factory workers and trades people who made more money than her family. Yes, every city has bad areas to avoid - even the small towns. That is a given everywhere in the world, unfortunately. |
| Kata,
My great grandparents came over when my grandfather was very young (my fathers father) they returned and he stayed! He was only 12. I have the dates somewhere I will find them and let you know what year. What did Hungarian sound like to me?? Music My mother and brother went not long after my father died. It took us so long to find his family. A friend of mine that is hungarian helped me write letters to churches there and we found our family. I hope to go one day. I have a busy week but will PM you with some names and dates later. Gee this is exciting to meet you 
Cindy |
got sheep wrote: It was 1998 or 1999 when she was there. I don't know if she knows the exact area. She just had a general feeling from being there that the country and average people were poor. Less of the conveniences that most here take for granted.
Our exchange student Sigita from Lithuania really noticed the differences. Having her stay with us was the best learning experience for all of us. She was here on a scholarship through Rotary. Her father was a doctor and they still were poor. The government couldn't afford to pay him much. She said she had friends whose parents were factory workers and trades people who made more money than her family. Yes, every city has bad areas to avoid - even the small towns. That is a given everywhere in the world, unfortunately. I see what you mean....though we wouldn't consider ourselves poor, we think that's normal and America and Americans are extremely rich. I had this conversation with my husband who grew up in Houston. Both parents had average jobs (nurse/baker), nothing special. Every member had a car in the family and they had a swimming pool. I grew up without a car. Owning a car and a swimming pool for us means you have money. My husband says they are not rich and they were never rich. It's so amazing to grow up a world away thinking this is normal and then you travel and seeing people live so differently opens your eyes about so many things.
I do have to say that Lithuania is again a very different country even from Hungary! I had friends travel there from Hungary and even they were shocked about some places there. My grandparents (father's side) were/are doctors and they did pretty well, compare to my mom's family who came from a village and weren't as educated as my dad's family. (They are still very posh while my mom's family is so simple - I love that. )
Anyways, I could talk about this forever. I do love my home but I do love to live far away and experience how people live on the other side of the world. |
| Hi Cindy!
It's so nice to hear what people think about our language. Once when I lived in London, a bus driver said it sounded like birds singing! I thought that was the most amazing thing to say about how Hungarian sounds. I suppose it does sound kind of like music... You know if you need help translating something, I'm happy to help you too. And when you come to Hungary do let me know so you can have a fab tourist guide!!!
I'm really excited to meet you too Cindy! Looking forward to your PM! I love looking up dates and finding lost family members - I do that with my own family too. |
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Thank you Suzptcruise and Ravenmoonart! I really like this forum already, talking to OES people who are as crazy about their puppies as I am!  |
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