Sziasztok!
I am Marie, 24 years old girl from France. I arrived the 1st of March 2010 at Megálló. First time in Hungary.
I won't tell anything about how it feels to arrive after four hours sleep in a country where you know no one and which language is (still) completly mysterious. Everyone can figure it out. Or not... It's a very personal feeling and the thing is I kind of like it like some people like oil's smell or all those 'normally' unpleasant things.
The important for this blog are much more the feelings I had being in Megálló. And despite of the language and the tiredness. Despite even of this feeling I have sometimes to be much more someone they have to take care of than someone who contributes to the development of the organization, I can say I really like being here, I am feeling comfortable in here.
I thing this is due to the general philosophy of the organization. Here more than nowhere else you are accepted as you are, with all your weaknesses and qualities too. I was a bit afraid that not being an addict, neither an ex-addict nor a professional social worker, my presence here would not be understanding or accepted. Well, I was just wrong. Could be that it is not understanding because sometimes I also have difficulties myself to figure out what am I doing concretely here but I never felt unaccepted.
The only thing I wish I could change sometimes is the part of my brain that is trying to learn ‘magyarul’... I wish it worked faster; I really want it so badly that it makes me angry at myself!
Anyway, I hope I could manage by the end of this EVS to write something in Hungarian here. Would not be perfect but neither is my English... As I said (or not I don't remember) I am French and unfortunately we are not the best at learning languages!
