Hungarians are great people

It is not true that the Hungarians are a closed, unfriendly people. One of my best friends,Peter is Hungarian and I just returned from his wedding to an american woman this past Oct.
While at the wedding, i met quite a few of his hungarian friends and we partied together quite a bit. They were really friendly and open people. Even his grandma was really nice. As an side, I saw this really beautiful hungarian folk dancer at their wedding. Cool thing was that she wasn't stuck up for someone so and I had quite a good time with her.

So as wise said in his post, it is how you present yourself that matters. The average Hungarian doesn't make a lot of money to be able to go out and party all the time like us americans do. So if you are gonna flaunt your wealth there, just to get noticed and impress the women, it is bound to push people away from you. It might get you laid a couple of times. But if you are looking to make some decent, lifelong friends that you can keep coming back to, that's not the way to go about it.

If on the other hand, were you to adopt a more friendly attitude, where you make a sincere effort to learn their customs and traditions as also learn a little bit of their language, you will make quite a few friends. Be the tourist that breaks away from stereotype and actually tries to mix in with the locals, rather than hang out at the usual expat locations. Works every time. For starters, when you walk into a bar, just say hello to the people sitting closest to you, and ask em in Hungariab, albeit broken, what the best local beverage is. From there, you can just use your imagination. Works best if you go to places where younger people hang out.

This approach worked well for me even in Germany. And we all know how friendly and warm the krauts are. So good luck.

Also I will be visiting Hungary next year with Peter and his wife Nancyand some friends. It will be sometime around June of 09. So if anyone of you might be interested in hanging out with us just hit me up at [email removed] or on here. Anyone is welcome.

Vinny fletcher 23 Nov 2008, 04:03 - Report