I’ve always been fascinated by the art of tattooing. I got my first one at 17 — the logo of my band on my right shoulder. With that band, we finished as the fifth-best act in the 2021 anniversary season of the X-Faktor talent show. My second tattoo came at 25: a Shakespeare quote over my heart — “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” When I was in my third year at university, Attila Vidnyánszky Jr. directed our exam performance of Shakespeare’s As You Like It ,...

I remember the smells when I arrived in February. It was late summer. Life was bursting everywhere; the sun was shining, and the wind, like a giant air freshener, blew the scent of the ocean between the skyscrapers. Later, winter washed it all away, and now that the landscape is blooming again, I feel nostalgic. Every ending is the beginning of something, and every beginning is the end of something else. I will miss teaching. The kids, playing marbles with them, the situational games,...

I don’t even know where to begin this farewell — so much has happened over these nine months that it’s hard to sum it all up. The whole adventure started with the Hungarian Festival in February , where I immediately found myself immersed in the vibrant life of the local Hungarian community. From then on, one event followed another, and everyday rituals started to form. I organized hikes, girls’ nights, movie nights, children’s days, pub quizzes, and day camps — and every single one brought...