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davemoore

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English expat in France

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davemoore replied to a thread
7 years ago
darrenhp65

Electrical wiring products and building materials by darrenhp65

Hi, I鈥檝e just bought a house in Hungary that requires complete refurbishment. I鈥檓 an electrician by trade and will be rewiring the house. Does anyone know where I could buy building products and electrical cable/switches and sockets from?

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Hello, how did you get on with the electrics? Read More

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8 years ago
SueinHullUK

Education advice please by SueinHullUK

Hi everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice on home educating my son who is 12.. when we eventually move over to Hungary permanently. (Probably in about 6 months). I have visited a school in a nearby village where we are going to live, and spoke ...

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Which lessons? French? Mathematics? Other? It actually may matter. I ask because my wife, who became a refugee in Switzerland at age 9, excelled in math upon arrival because it was language neutral. But did not do so great at first in German. So ... Read More

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8 years ago
SueinHullUK

Education advice please by SueinHullUK

Hi everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice on home educating my son who is 12.. when we eventually move over to Hungary permanently. (Probably in about 6 months). I have visited a school in a nearby village where we are going to live, and spoke ...

davemoore

Yes, if your only goal is to learn the language. But a child so immersed will be spending a disproportionate amount of time learning the language while loosing ground on other subjects in the curriculum in relation to his/her peers. This is a ... Read More

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8 years ago
SueinHullUK

Education advice please by SueinHullUK

Hi everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice on home educating my son who is 12.. when we eventually move over to Hungary permanently. (Probably in about 6 months). I have visited a school in a nearby village where we are going to live, and spoke ...

davemoore

Thank you Priscilla, I was feeling the negativeness too, obviously homeschooling is not for everyone, I have very few options left and was looking for constructive help. Thanks again for your support :-)That's one thing I found, nothing much ... Read More

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8 years ago
Mkc1995

TransferWise reviews by Mkc1995

Hello! I would like to know if somebody knows anything about TransferWise and if you visited the office there. Is it safe or is a scam? I searched in google and I saw the building photos and it looked like a scam. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm ...

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I use TransferWise all the time, no problems. I did try the one with a bumble bee for their logo (to see if it was better), first transaction and a problem, took over 2 weeks to get money refunded (just under 2000 euros), so that scared the pants ... Read More

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8 years ago

Trying to find freinds in my area

Ahh, someone who does not live in Budapest, can you tell me what it is like where you are, would be much appreciated. Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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This is why, it seems to me, that the current government has a long way to go in making the country more secure for the people that live there. I do see a lot of property for sale in the South/West but when we also lived in Burgenland 5 minutes from ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I think that is my main concern the roma gangs, a bit like in the UK "the do as your likeys" police tend to give them a bit of space. Personally I think the police should go in hard on them.Sadly is a problem across the whole of Europe, ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

davemoore

I think that is my main concern the roma gangs, a bit like in the UK "the do as your likeys" police tend to give them a bit of space. Personally I think the police should go in hard on them. Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I being a man, will avoid the areas where these young women are, Just for the record though, where is this again? Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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And there's that other thing they do where they (men and women) tend their "country plots" in their underwear. Seen that many a few times. And some of those guys should buy the next size up in underpants next time. As several of ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Ok, but surely dancing around a fire chanting some words may be off putting, or there and again not. I think I would have to be way out in the countryide to be safe, looking at all things being said, thi is not painting a rosie picture for me. Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I live in the countryside. We are the only full time residents on the entire road we live on (but one neighbor does spend a lot of time here). Yes, it is very calm. Very quite. Even "dead" in the winter. I like that. I spent half my life ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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You will be disappointed because it's already full of many different types of people. There aren't ghettos as such - except gypsy ones - but in time I expect there would be different types of neighbourhoods appearing. I'm looking ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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You've obviously trained your wife better than I've trained my dog! :-)My wife said to me the other day, that I can do the Christmas cooking (she was burning the bacon at that time), now I am not a great cook but she prefers my cooking to ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I like calm and nice and I want to be just out off the town, country side really and looking for places that have very little crime or none. Where I live at present there are only 7 houses and only 3 of them are occupied full time, the other houses ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Well my bubble seems to have had a needle stuck in it and as for my rose tinted glasses, they have been truly stepped on. No not really, it seems to me that Budapest is not for me, not that I wanted to live there (maybe for a day visit) and I think ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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In general you'll want to avoid villages/towns with a huge gipsy population, they're the poorest stratum of society in Hungary, making them more prone to crime. If you move to a village with lots of them, the question is not IF or WHEN your ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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If you like Vienna, you'll have deja-vu in Budapest. There's a big wheel there at the moment, like the London Eye but IMHO the Xmas market ain't up to much (are any of them?). I hope when you were in Sopron you visited Chen's ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Well, not really. About 45% voted for the current government. The rest voted for a fragmented mish-mash of other parties. So 55% voted for someone else. The main beef at the moment is that the current government is creating a situation where ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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My wife brings the beers but then I do the cooking. Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Well to me it seems that Hungarians (ok, not all, otherwise it would be perfect) are happy with the current government from what I read about Hungary. Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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In general you'll want to avoid villages/towns with a huge gipsy population, they're the poorest stratum of society in Hungary, making them more prone to crime. If you move to a village with lots of them, the question is not IF or WHEN your ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I live in Budapest so aside from some terrace herbs, I buy all my food. I am lucky to live near Lehel Piac so I get farmer's produce and meats year round. Yes, I know that a lot of what is there is large marketed and not family run farms, but ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I think the Austrians like to go across the border for the food (I found it cheap to eat out in Hungary) and the food is tasty if I say so myself.Sopron is popular for Austrians to go and shop, also for the Brits living as far as Vienna, they do day ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Is that what you spend on food each month and do you produce some of your own food. This is what I would like to do (grow my own etc). Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Gambia 30 years ago. Not much has changed. Things should change now the old President has gone as that guy was a kleptomaniac. Biggest hassle I found there was the electricity - always breaking down and extraordinarily expensive. You should ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Are you following me around? Or am I following you? I also lived in Gambia (in Kololi) as well and I've been there many times. And Austria. Gambia is a lot easier to live in than here but there's more to do here for sure. Sometimes I ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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So, it looks the same there as it was for us here in France, took ages before the locals would speak to us (and I say ages as in years), to this day some still do not speak to us or just about say hello, I suppose if we all got on in the world there ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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Ah. Yes. Excellent. But that is only half of what I wrote. Your half. There is also the Hungarian side to consider -- that is if they understand your Hungarian or not is also important. Case in point. My wife and go out to eat. I order, for ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I know, I get that here, expats saying this and that about the French. So what should I look out for in the culture shock, I lived in the Gambia for a year, now that was a shock, never seen rats that size before, I thought they were cats, still on ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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But I think it did belong (Burgenland) to Hungary before 1921 (not sure about the years though) from what my wife talked about (I do listhen sometimes). The internet, where would I be without Amazon (a bit more money in my pocket), good and bad (the ... Read More

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davemoore replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I am not one to move to another country and try and change it (as if I could), I like to be part of where I live (you know I can't buy marmite here, plays havoc with my cheese swirls, and cheese, every cheese but cheddar), anyway I can live ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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I do take post on forums with a pinch of salt, I was just thinking why so many people were being grumpy about Hungary, yes I know going to Hungary and not living there are two different things, but they do make some nice cakes (that's not my ... Read More

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8 years ago
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Hello! Looking to move to Hungary. by davemoore

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post.

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The post was about moving to hungary etc. Why do we want to go to Hungary, many reasons and all the above. Lived in Austria (Mannersdorf) near the border with Hungary and spent time, many of days in Hungary. I don't think you need a connection ... Read More

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8 years ago

Hello! Looking to move to Hungary.

Me and my family are looking to move to Hungary, now just reading a bit of the post on the forums they are making me think twice or am I just picking out the negatives from the post. Read More

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