An interview to a hungary student, Betti

By Nagore González, Sara Domínguez, Nahikari Vitores and Nora Tejada

Betti has spent two months with us and she’s leaving Vitoria this Tuesday. So, we made her an interview.

With our questions we wanted to know more things about her and her experience in Vitoria. She is studying with the students of fourth of secondary school here, in Escolapios. She wanted to know more things about our culture, our life and our school.

Which one is in your opinion the biggest difference between Vitoria and your native city?

Here, most of the people live in flats, in the city I come from, most of the houses have gardens, and they’re not flats. There aren’t any tram or electronic  buses like here.

 

Why did you decide to have an experience like this, in another country?

I wanted to improve my English, and at the same time, learn the Spanish culture and language.

Do you miss your family and your friends?

Half of the time I’ve spent here, I felt homesick, but I got over it and now i’m really enjoying this experience. Now I don’t want to go back, but I want to see  my family and friends again too.

How does it feel to be in a place where no one knows how to speak your language?

At the beginning, it was strange, because I was used to understand what people said in the street, and here, it was completely different. In the end, I got used to it.

Which has been the best moment here for you, and the worst? Why?

The best moment was when we went skiing to Valdezcaray, and because in Hungary, there aren’t any ski slopes like here, if you want to go skiing there, you have to go to Slovakia or Austria.

The worst was when I went shopping, and the people I was with were speaking Spanish all the time , and they forgot that I was there, I felt a bit left over.

Would you recommend this experience to your partners?

Yes, definitely, because it is a very good experience to know people and new cultures, make friends and improve my English and at the same time, learn a bit of Spanish.

Are you happy with the family that you’re living with now?

Yes, it’s strange, because they speak really loud, but not just the family I’m living with, all the Spanish people speak louder than in Hungary. But they are very nice too.

Can you define this experience in just one word?

Adventure. It’s an adventure because you live lots of things in a really short time. You don’t know anybody, the language is different…