At the airport we passed through security easily, and waited for the plane. As we got on the plane the excitement started brewing as we were on our way to experience youth work in a different country and culture!
On our arrival at the small airport at Budapest we were greeted by Sandor, one of the people involved in assidting us during our time in Debrecen! He was very welcoming and arranged for a taxi to take us to Debrecen, and even provided us with sandwiches made by hinself(or his wife!).
The taxi ride to Debrecen was 3hours long down the very straight roads through the very flat countryside. As we entered Debrecen there was a feeling of the unknown as we drove through the city made up of tower blocks and supermarkets. After passing the usual suspects of Tesco and McDonalds we arrived at our destination in the Tokoskert district of Debrecen at 7:15pm Hungarian time (6:15pm GMT).
We were greeted by our host Judit senior and her niece, Nicki. Both wore big smiles as they led us up to the 6th floor and into Judit's home. Her flat was a nice size and she had given up her living room and daughters room for us to stay in. Although Judit could not speak much English she beckoned us to the dining room table for our first Hungarian cooked meal. It was s simple, yet delicious, mix of chicken, rice and vegetables. For desert Judit had made an amazing lemon drizzle cake that was too more-ish for its own good!
All four of us were incredibly tired after a day of travelling so we retired to our rooms and adjourned for the night in anticipation as our first real day in Debrecen was to follow in the morning!
So far, so good!!!! :0))
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