Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Christmas



On 15th of December,we had Christmas lunch at TF. Before the lunch, a few people made small speeches which was really fun to watch :) We enjoyed the great food prepared by our lovely coordinators and everything was great! After the eating part,everyone got their presents for our secret santa gift and we had another gifts from school as well (thanks to TF for that!) . I think everyone liked their gift and there were lots of happy faces around :) Then as a tradition of our events,we played card games :) Thanks to everyone for great time!

Mert

Monday, December 7, 2015

New semester, with new incomers


"Hi everyone! I’m Hilary and I am from Toronto, Canada. I am 21 years old, and I am in my 4th year of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario. I am a friendly and outgoing person who loves meeting new people and trying new things! I am also very active, spending most of my free time participating in physical activity. I love watching sports, especially basketball and of course, being from Canada, hockey. Besides sports, I enjoy travelling, listening to country music, and hanging out with my friends and family. " 
"International exchange is an experience like no other. It is filled with learning opportunities that are not available in my native country. I am excited to explore a new country, learn new languages, meet new people and to learn more about myself along the way. By doing so, I will learn more about the culture, create lifelong friends and unforgettable memories. The skills developed, knowledge gained and challenges faced during my semester abroad will be applicable to my everyday life. I believe the “world is my classroom”, therefore learning outside of textbooks will allow me to view the world with a new perspective and incorporate "real life" experiences into my academic studies."


 Hilary from Canada

 

"Hey there! My name is Sharon and I will be coming to TF in February 2016. I am currently in my final year at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. My biggest hobbies are cheerleading, baking, and I'm experimenting with photography. I have been cheerleading competitively for about ten years now, and love representing my school through this sport. I also enjoy yoga and weightlifting in my own time. I can’t wait to meet you all!"

"I applied for exchange because I have always wanted to live in a country with a completely different culture than what I am used to. I actually grew up in Vancouver but decided to go to school in Toronto, even though I did not know anyone in Eastern Canada. However, my experience at school and all the people that I have met so far have been amazing, and I am expecting that my time at TF will be just as rewarding! I have traveled on my own before, but I have never lived in another country. Since I'm in Kinesiology, there are a limited number of schools that offered exchange with my university. Budapest appealed to me the most, so that is how I picked TF! I am very excited for my exchange and cannot wait to meet everyone."

Sharon from Canada



"My name is Gael. I am a twenty years-old French man, who likes sports, music, playing guitar and read. 
I was born and bred in the Bask country. I have always done sports, especially in competition: like ski, tennis, surfing, rugby and swimming. 
I have worked every summer for three years now on the beaches of my municipality, Saint Jean de Luz, as a lifeguard (rescuer). 
I like this job for the social contact and because for me, it’s important to do whatever I can to help people. Also, I have to work regularly to pay for my studies and to travel the world with friends or by myself. 
I currently study in Bordeaux to become a teacher in Physical Education. Last May, I taught in a school for a month to learn about different aspects of teaching. It was a very good and interesting experience that confirmed my decision. 
Now, I have to progress in English because I want to speak with people clearly worldwide and be able to teach in English. I also want to know different cultures, meet new people, move in Europe to know her better, compare some countries and the educative systems. Finally, my financial situation does not allow me to travel or study without a scholarship. I have studied hard to come this far and being able to study in Budapest would mean a lot to me and encourage me to go further in my studies."

I am studying STAPS (Sciences and Techniques of Sports and Physical Activities) in Bordeaux, France. I am in my third and last year of me Bachelor’s degree and specialized myself in “Education and Motor Skills”.
I would very much like to study in your university for the second semester of this academic year. I have discussed my project with the Erasmus coordinator of my university and he strongly supports this application.
For the following reasons:
First of all, I definitely want to do a Master’s degree next year and I need to improve my English for I will probably have to teach in this language. Also, I think that English is very important nowadays to communicate and exchange with people around the world.
Second, and this is the reason why I have chosen your university, is that a friend studied there, that helped him to succeed in Master’s degree next year.
Third, I truly believe that this year abroad will benefit me personally. I have never been to Hungary and I do not know about Central Europe and it’s culture. It will be such a great opportunity to discover it. 

Gael from France


Hi everyone!I am Yusuf TURGAY.I have been living in Izmir for over 24 years.It takes place west part of Turkey.I study at Ege Universty and my field is Physical Education and Sports Teaching.That's my third year here.I had taken courses about logistics during two years before I started to my current universty.When I was studying at my previous universty,I was taking my tennis equipments in order to play tennis in my spare times.That's why I had left the logistics department to start a new career which I love.I am a tennis freak.I have been playing tennis for over 14 years.It is not only a kind of sports but also a life style for me.My purpose is that to coach professional tennis players.I have also interested in sports medicine for a long time.It would be a challenge to study in this field but I will try my best.I would like to focus on only one field at the beginning but in future,I'm open to many challenges.

This programme provide me the education which will enhance my career initially.I am so excited that I will come to Budapest for six months.Before my acceptance to your university,some of my professors recommended me studying in your university.University of Physical Education seemed as the best option among the others.I attended to International Education Fair in October,2015 and I tried to obtain informations about the universities in Hungary.Before my arrival,eventually I will gather all related informations about your university.I imagine Budapest,it is nice and historic city.I already got some documents such as film,book in order to find out Budapest history,culture and traditions.I look forward to visiting this beautiful city and meet my fellow students.

Yusuf from Turkey


Hello! My name is Berkcan. I’m 21 years old and I come from ‘’the pearl of the Aegean: İzmir, Turkey.‘’ I am in the 3rd class of P.E and Sports Teaching at Ege University. As to my life, hobbies, personal characteristics… I can’t imagine a life without sport. In this context; I can say that I love doing different kinds of sports more. The sport love of me started with basketball when I was 8 years old. However; I was indecisive between playing football and basketball till 14 and I changed my branch as football at the end of this process. Although; I focused on academic life more than practical area of sports with beginning of university, I am still attached to do sports as I am currently playing ‘’Lacrosse’’ on goalie position at İzmir Warriors LC. I am working as Social Media Secretary of the club too. Apart from university and sport; I like reading, meeting friends, discovering different kind of activities, places, cultures. I am nature and animal lover too and I believe that one of the self-actualization way is to found a life independently in nature, out of urban life . Besides, It is going to be my second Erasmus and where I went for first one is Riga, Latvia, last year. This experience definetly changed and contributed me in point of being social, being participating and vocational skills. That’s why I applied to Erasmus+ without a second thought once more again. Finally; I’d like to finish my letter by quoting from St. Augustine: ‘’The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.’’ -Let’s read one more page of the world in Budapest all together!

"Can Maths measure how much value of time is ? I found the answer through Erasmus. I was born in 1994, but officially! I assumed myself that I was really born by first Erasmus Experience one year ago in Latvia. As I said in my introduction, Erasmus contributed me a lot. Moreover; I don’t feel myself as if I was alive before Erasmus. Therefore; one can be more than 21 years for me! Based on this, the main motivation of me when I decided to apply Erasmus+ once more again was to know that second Erasmus would give me the opportunity of being reborn into the different life again. 
"As to; Why did I apply to TF for second Erasmus? The answer is based on a long story from 2 years ago when I firstly applied Erasmus. Shortly; I couldn’t have come to TF because of conditions of my curriculum in Turkey, although I was selected. However; I have never forgotten dream of being in TF and Budapest and It turned into a ambition inside. Thus; I did not give up to follow it as you see! I am glad that I am going to realize this dream in February. Besides; I know that TF will contribute me a lot in my field. To clarify it; I can say that the curriculums of TF are really wide of various sports. It will give me the opportunity of improving myself in practical area and different kinda sports too. In contrast; I attended a lot of theoritical courses too much in the past. Additionally; TF has a long history and tradition in sport education from 1925 to today. Not only in Hungary but also It is one of the oldest P.E school in Europe as 3rd and TF has trained 89 of 160 gold medalist of Hungary in Olympic Games as I read. Therefore; I believe that the strong experience of TF based on its long history can provide me a qualified education in my field. Finally; Budapest is also another reason that made me decide to apply to TF, I have heard a lot of amazing things about Budapest such as cultural heritage, historical figure of city, great social life and chance of reaching all countries of Europe easily for trips thanks to location of Hungary in East Central Europe. All reasons that I referred above brings me the gate of TF. Now; I am looking forward to see what we will experience behind the gate all together!

Berkcan from Turkey

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Freshmen's Ball


Before i and my twin brother came to Budapest, we prepared a choreography by our coordinators’ request. They were wanting to make Erasmus students to dance in Freshman’s Ball Festival. When we arrived to Budapest, we couldn’t start dance practice. Because we didn’t have got a place to practice. After that, our coordinators solved this problem and we started to dance once a week. But it wasn’t enough for us, because the choreography was hard for my friend and someone was missing one of that practices without fail. I was wanting to practice with everybody, but unfortunately it has just happened in our show. I think our practices were funny and efficient. Finally we finished our practices and then we were on stage in Freshman’s Ball Festival. Rain or shine, I am satisfied that i was in that practices. I and my brother want to thank to everybody for their participation.

Yunus


Fresman’s Ball Festival was in a club that called Club Play at night. I and my twin brother really liked there. Also being VIP was a big privilege and it was so nice. Firstly when we was in there, suddenly we had to make our last practise on stage, because the first practise in there was ours. After that, we’ve watched other dance groups’ practises and enjoyed as VIP persons. After the Festival started, we took our place and performed our dance. Our performance was liked so much. Then we watched other performance. We’ve had fun so much, we’ve danced with our friends untill the morning. Lastly according to us everything was great and thanks a lot for that fantastic memory.

Ömer

Friday, October 30, 2015

Trip to Aggtelek

About the trip to the Aggtelek Cave and the Cavebath of Miskolctapolca


On 7th of November, the international coordinators of the Testnevelési Egyetem organized a special program for us the Erasmus and the ICC students. On that Saturday we met close to the University in the foggy, rainy and very early morning (6:30 AM) and started the trip around 6:45 AM. Our journey takes around three hours, and on the road I think, so everybody fall asleep. But finally we arrived to the first station is our trip, the Caves of Aggtelek, which is on the UNESCO Heritage list. There we took part on a one hourcave tour, and visited the room of the Tiger and the concert hall, where we listened the famous song of Vangelis, Chariots of Fire. The acoustics of the cave was amazing, we did a few picture about each other and group pictures. We also saw a lot of stalagmites and stalactites, interesting forms, and colors, and bats in deep dream. Our turist guide said a few useful words about the air in the cave, so there is very clean and the humidity of the air is very high level, what has positive effects to our health. He showed for us narrow route to Slovakia, but without passport we can t go there
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. From case of that we went forward to our next station, the Cavebath of Miskolctapolca, the journey takes one hour from Aggtelek. That part was the relaxation part of our trip, we tried went from pools to pools, to find the hottest thermal water in the bath. On that way we find to the pool of “couples” where was nice light effects and a lot of couples in the dark. After that we went forward and organized amateur apnea championships under the water (the winner was Edu). Finally find the hottest pools, and spent out time there, surrounded by old people with rheumaticaly problems, but we also enjoyed it. After the health caring part of our trip we saw little squarrels in the parks and took a few photos. Around 16:00 PM we headed to Budapest. On the road we ate some goodies and sweeties, got by the coordinators, and we get tastes chocolates, which Kelli brought from Italy. And again maybe everybody fall asleep. At 19:00 we arrived to Budapest. That was a wonderful day with useful programs, nice memories.

Kofi

Recreation camp





Last week from October 26ty to 29th we participated in the Recreation camp. It was a very good experience. We had been in the Thor Gym and had contatc with their method ( “No pain More gain”) as well as crossfit,, MMA, heavy lifting. We had been in the dance world too: pole dancing, aerobics and an internal rehearsal of turkish Hip Hop. Hey Moonstar boys! There was a visit in the Mountex bouldering place, amazing! We had also a Star Wars warming up in the laser battle! It was very exciting! And we had a rope, a gyorstollas (racket sport) class and bowling! It was very nice hanging out with the people, seeing some paths that a physical education student can follow and have a lot of fun! Thank you all, köszönöm szepam!

 Walter



Thursday, October 22, 2015

Cooking at Edu's



On Wednesday (21st of October) we had an event dedicated to cooking. We organized it at Eddie’s hostel (David Hasselhostel, no comments…:D), which was kind of a unique experience. The menu was “túrós csusza” and mushroom stew, both being traditional hungarian dishes and everyone took part in a way to create the them. Marga also brought some tortilla chips and made a delicious guacamole together with Maria. Thank you a lot for that girls! We were 12 and no tummies were left hungry. After the dinner we played some UNO which could be called a ritual for us by now. Group pictures are always essential and this event was no exception! As far as I saw everyone was happy with the food and we all had a fun evening/night together. Can’t wait the next meet-up whether it be cooking or something completely different! :)

Kriszti

Sunday, October 11, 2015

International Football

A few words about the FIrst International Football event organized by the University of Phisical Education Yesterday (09.10.2015) we (Erasmus and ICC group) took part in the First Interantional Football event, which was organized by the International Coordinators of the University of Phisical Education. The event started from 19:15 in the D hall of the Uni. Around 30 student from almost all around the world participated in that programme. We did it mixed teams and played with each others, no matter the gender and who can play football, or not. We played several matches in several teams, that helps to know each other better. That night was a whale of a time and confirmed, so with sports, we can build new connections, friendships, meet new people and helps to keep our health. That was a very good opportunity for us to meet with others, who are also on an exchage programme. After the matches we got a Certificate about the participation, and a little sweety presents from our coordinators. Finally, we took a group picture, as you can see bellow! THANK YOU I’m waiting for the next programme, what we can spend together!


Kofi

Friday, October 9, 2015

Getting to know eachother...





On the 8th of October in the Kerezsi Endre Dormitory was organized a Welcome Night for the new Erasmus students by the mentors of the University of Physical Education. The program started by introducing ourselves with our names and some special movements, to learn and remember each name easier. Then during some games everyone could know a little bit more about the others and have some fun. After the games and the introduction part the program was more informal and this could give the opportunity to have some chatting and know each other better.

Fanni

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Timetable conflict

At the beggining almost every class was not given because they made some mistakes about the places. It was a little bit annoying because appart of non having class we went to uni for nothing and go back home but after some weeks it seems that everything has been fixed in a long term way and we have'nt got any problems since that.

Edu



Eurodinner



Last Tuesday we met to have dinner all the Erasmus students and his/her mentors… Firstly, the spanish students went to saw the eurobasket to the vice-rector office because he was a basket player and he loves it. After that, when the match finished, we took our food and we went to the dormitory.




When we went into the room there was a big table with plates and pieces of cutlery, then Marcel brought a big pot with typical food of hungary I liked so much because it seemed a dish that we do in spain raincoat in Winter. The other food I have to say that I only liked the spanish food and some dessert because the estonian food I didn’t like so much, it was very strange and with flavours and textures dreadful, for example the wine bread, and the sand kéfir… About the palinka I can’t speak because the smell backed out and I didn’t try… but the opinions of my teammates weren’t very good. The best of all was the Marcel’s food, the spanish food and the Victoria’s dessert (aple cake) Finally I had a good time speaking english with people of other countries and sharing theirs tastes and opinions but raincoat learning hungarian language.

Maria

 

Monday, September 14, 2015

Thursday's Hockey




Last thursday we went to Tüske Csarnok with the erasmus people to see a hokey game. We were Spanish people and we never seen a game because is difficult to find an ice rink and there aren't teams. It was planned so good because we arranged to meet at the metro station to be together there because we didn't know where it was.

We were so excited there because there was a lot of people, music, the players were warmed up and the people shouting, also there was people playing a lot of drums.

The game was between Mac Budapest, who was the favourite and we was cheering up, and Újpest.
While the game was playing more interesting was being because at the second quarter they was in a tie and the game was a bit more agressive but finally Mac pest win 5-1 and allthe people were making noise.

First of all we didn't understand the rules because we never seen it and of course we never played so it was a bit confused but finally we can comprehend it more; to understand it at all we need going to another game.

It was an enjoyable afternoon and for sure we will go to see another game.

Magda

Boat trip



In the afternoom we went for a boat trip on the Danube river with our lovely erasmus+ group. In addition to this, while we were floating on the water we were playing card games and ate hungarian sweets what Juli brought us. We had so much fun on the board. After that because of the cold weather we went into a pub to warm up ourselves with some beer and of course, to have a nice conversation with each other.

Dóra

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Shopping




What a nice shopping day! The meeting has been too early, 10:00 am at TF, but don't mind, it has been great! We were going to Decathlon so we had to take a bus to Budaörs. Once we were there we started the shopping tour, swimming costumes, towels, shorts, blue and white t-shirts, tops, whichever we needed... It has been funny because after choose what we need we have been playing badminton and playing table tennis by pairs. I want the rematch in badminton Jule! ;) After that, we were going to Ikea to eat some hot dogs and then we went with Marga who needed to buy sheets (that not "shits") for her flatmate. Finally we were very tired and looking forward the siesta but it worth it!

Julia

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Arriving...



My arrival to Budapest was awesome. One of the Erasmus coordinators picked me up at the airport and we went to have some dinner together. We laughed a lot and had a really funny time. After this I went to a hostel and knew lots of smily people. Everyone from a different country, by the moment it's been all together a really stimulating experience.

Edu 


My arrival was vey funny, I didn’t expect to have that funny moments as soon. Jule came to the airport to pick me up but suddenly a turkey guy apppeared… “the lost guy”. I say de lost guy because he didn’t seem to know where he was, who he was… and he lost the luggage at least three times. I am sure if Jule and me hadn’t help him, he would have arrived to Norway that day. We went to “my” flat to sign the contract and at the end of the day we had a dinner “all” the Erasmus together.

Nacho


My arrival in spite of my problems of the flight was so good because it's nice arrive in a unknown country and find someone who arrange you and explain all about the transport, tickets and the other things that you don't know and also if he speaks in Spanish which is more homely to start this new adventure.

Magda 



I arrived to Budapest on 31st of August and for the first moment I feel like in home. An Erasmus colleague pick me up from the airport and help me a lot. During the following days, I have been discovering this amazing, and for me unknowed city. We had a beautiful orientation meeting where the Rector welcome us and after that my Erasmus partners and the mentors spend some time together in friendly atmosphere. Five days in Budapest are enough to realice that I will be a really nice experience.


Andrés

My arrival to Budapest was little bit crazy for me after 30 hours of travelling. My mentor Bori and twins came to the airport to pick me up and we went to the hostel together. Despite the fact that I was feeling like I'm dead,it was fun trip to the hostel :D Then we carried my stuff to the room and I "survived" the day.

Mert

Friday, August 14, 2015

And the mentors.....


Misi AKA Keszti Mihály 
Hello, this is Misi, a sport manager student from Hungary.As a former Erasmus student and trainee in Germany, and an EVS volunteer in Albania I would like to enjoy an international community in Budapest as well. Moreover I would gladly help to our international students to get into the Hungarian university life and make there stay in Hungary memorable.
From my part I speak German, English and a little bit Albanian. Originally I was a swimmer, but as a sport student I like to play every sport games. Especially basketball and ultimate frisbee.

Héjj Viktoria
My name is Viktória Héjj, I'm 22 years old. I just finished BSc on the TF, and applied for MSc, my major is the Recreation Managment and Health Promotion. I applied to be a mentor, because I would like to go to Italy with the Erasmus later, and before that I would like to be part of this experiance from the other side, and see how it works and also I think it could be a great fun.
Just a little about myself. I'm from Esztergom, but I live in Budapest now. Like everybody has a main sport in the TF, my sport is the sailing. I used to take part in competitions, but nowdays I just sail for myself when I have some free time, but I am working in a sailing club as an instruktor for camps. I spent lot of time in other countries, when I had training or competitions, and in those days I kind of like was forced to speak english or other languages, and I learned a lot. I think I could use that experiance now. like sports, music, festivals, organize things and to be with good company.

Bori AKA Szilágyi Borbála
Because of the rather  friendly and helpful character of mine I can easily get along with young and also eldelry people.  During my studies my main goal is to do the best that I possibly can  as a student, but don't get me wrong I'm always into some new and exciting thrills, mostly sports. For example in the last couple of years I've cycled around Hungary's biggest lake, the Balaton, ("the Hungarian Sea" as we call it), I also took part in a competition where I swam through it, and I ran a quarter-marathon in 2011. Back in high school I've spent a couple of weeks in Switzerland as an exchange student where I really had a great time experiencing a new environment while I improved my language skills.
In my opinion this programme (Erasmus Mentor Programme) is a truly unmistakable  experince.  The reason I'm saying that is because it is really one of those ways where we can get to know different way of thinking of people of various cultures. I feel like my duty is to introduce you guys to the colourful tradition of my beloved country. There are plenty of ways for doing that. For example thanks to my mother I became a fairly good cook recently, so if you ever up to some fine Hungarian dishes you can count on me. Don't forget the fact that Budapest is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and because I live there for 3 years now I pretty much know a lot of hidden places, what you should defenetively need to check out. These are not the average tourists sights, but the ones that truly show the real fascinating  face of this city. Last but not at least when it comes to going to some kind of party or even a festival I'm always in trust me!

Marci AKA Mikolai Marcell 
My name is Marcell ! I live in west part of Hungary in a small town near Lake Balaton! I do my last year in the university so if You have question about TF hopefully i know it or i know whose need to ask! :) I am a quiet active Guy, on foots or on wheels, or in water too! I biking all the year in the city and i teaching swiming for kids! I like to do outdoor activities, like hiking, and climbing in a nomad way ;) I love my city Budapest, with little streets, coffee houses and with great monuments too . I  like the tastes and wievs here! It is plesure to me to show for You some nice place here! If i am free i just like lost in the city or be in green area! I was studying in Norway and Poland! Looking forward to see You all!

Szincsák István 
I have gained experience in the field in which the excellent communication and organising skills are essential. I have been working as assistant organizer several times in national and international level as well. I have also a good command of English and French, both oral and written skills, so I am familiar with communicating with foreign students.
I would be grateful if you could give me the opportunity for proving my suitability concerning mentoring. 

Winter Márk  
My name is Márk Winter. I was born in 1991 in Baja but me and my family moved to
Budapest several years ago. I graduated from Vörösmarty Mihály Secondary
Grammar School in 2011 then I attended the University Of Communication And
Business.
At the moment I am doing my bachelor degree and I will start my second year in
September as a sport organizer at the University of Physical Education. I speak
fluent English, French and also I have a good average at university.
I am applying for this Erasmus position because I am fond of meeting new people
and getting to know their culture. As a citizen of Budapest I know many good places
for showing around foreign friends and I also I am a great organizer of sport
activities, city tours or night events. I consider myself to be a reliable, hard-working,
open-minded, enthusiastic and confident person who is not afraid of new challenges.
It would be a really useful experience for me to be a member of the exchange
student’s mentors’ crew because I am planning to spend a semester abroad by
Erasmus and I could get some information which would help me to decide which
country would be the most suitable choice.  

Kriszti AKA Béla Krisztina 
Hey there! I study human kinesiology and I’ve been living in Budapest for 2 years. It is a vibrant and diverse city with awesome sights, spots and programs that are waiting for you to see day and night! :) As a sport loving person there are different options I can show whether you prefer running, ball games or indoor climbing. I am also a board and card game lover, hope you are too! ;) Budapest has a wide variety of street food options for a fairly good price, but keep in mind that I am a pretty good cook too! Hope to meet you soon!
I am currently a student of the University of Physical Education in Budapest. I study human kinesiology and I am starting my last bachelor’s year in September so I live in Budapest for 2 years now. I applied for the Erasmus Mentor program because I think it is a great way to meet foreign people and get to know different cultures. Being new to a foreign city and university can be overwhelming at first and I would really like to help these students so that they can get the most out of their stay. I find the program very useful to practice English communication skills as well.
I find this program to be extremely fun all in all. It is not only exciting for the exchange students but for the mentors as well. It is a great way to express hospitality and show as much of the city and life here as possible so that the students can return home with fulfilled dreams and lots of memories. From my past exchange experiences I know that friendships can be made for a lifetime during these stays.   

Kozár Bea 
My name is Bea Kozár. I live in Budapest. I was studying health promotion management in Eötvös Loránd University. Now I work as a swimming instructor. I will start the course sport management in September. I speak fluently in english and I also have a basic knowledge in spanish. In my free time I enjoy doing sports. I am also planning to be a snowboard instructor.
As you can see from my resume, I was studying recreation and health promotion management. After I graduated, I started to teach swimming for kids and for university students. From January 2015 I also began to work in a ski school: Nanook Ski Club.
I will start the course Sport management this September.
I want to apply for the team because I enjoy meeting new people, talking with foreigners and I am interested in other cultures. Last year I visited my sister when she was in Erasmus in Spain and I want to give the experience for the foreigners, what I received, for example they showed me the city and they brought me to local restaurants as well. This summer I am doing a two month internship in the Canary Islands in Lanzarote. I work here as an animator. This experience opened my mind. I work in a team with four people from three different countries. I feel, these two months helped me improve my organization skills. I think my english knowledge is very high. I also started learning spanish one year ago, and during my internship here in Lanzarote I could improve it a lot. In other words I think I could help the foreign students during their internship in Hungary. I also want to improve my languages and of course make some new friends. 

Richard Czifra 
To begin with, my name is Richard Czifra a 20 year old University student currently studying as a Sport Organizer. I was brought up in a small, but nice town in the east of Hungary called Nyíregyháza. I finished my elementary and secondary Education here. It is a peaceful, but underdeveloped region where I did not have the possibility to experience cultural diversity. When finishing my secondary school I was accepted to a famous University in a capital city of Hungary. This change in my life showed me a new view on the world and made me understand that I have to open new horizons in order to develop my personal skills and abilites. I am coming from a loving family containing my mother, my father and my elder brother. However, living on my own in an unknown environment, thought me how to solve the problems of life alone as well as self-confidence working hard and independence. I have some experience about mentoring exchange students. Few years ago we took care an italian guy, named Antonio Lazarotto, in high school. He was living with us for a year and I really enjoyed his company. It was always a pleasure to help and explain things to him. Later on, I was mentoring a Japanese exchange student. His name is Takafumi Miki. I teached him hungarian, explained the grammar and practiced a lot with him. He was able to make the hungarian language exam after a year. Since then we are keeping in contact and usually video chat on skype. 
Taking everything into account, I guess I would be an excellent mentor because I get on easily with people. I am communicative, helpful and I can guide the exchange students around Budapest and help them out with regular daily problems.

Németh Remáta
I wanted to be a swimming coach, since i was a child. I used to swim for 10 years. I started doing judo and playing volleyball. I took part in a lot of duathlon and trhiatlon competitions. I love seeing all kind of sport in TV and I am very open-minded for every kind of sport. Thanks to the TF I could try more sports.
I was a volunteer in Judo Europian Championships in Budapest (2013). I was also a volunteer in the 2nd FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in Balatonfüred (2014). In the future, a lot of events will have organized by Budapest, and I would like to be a volunteer there too.
I am very enthusiastic, friendly and talkative. I can make friends easily. I would like to be a mentor to help the erasmus students, guide them and get to know their culture. 

Mónika Szkokán
Hello! My name is Mónika Szkokán and i live in Budapest. I was bor on 12 June 1992. I am a student in University of physical education,( third year) and  i will be physical education teacher.  My favourite sport is rhytmic gymnastics. I was a rhytmic gymnastics copetitor and now I became the coach. I like to dance and hiking. I am a fun loving girl.
I would like to be a mentor, because I like a good programs. I like Budapest so much, and i like hiking, especially in a hills. I think it is a very good  opportunity to meet a new, special people and habits. I think i can easy to make a friends. I like dancing, watching movies, training, hiking, talking, go to the restaurant and something like this, so i can do everything what people like to do.

Horváth Dávid
My mother is an economic leader of a local mayor’s office at Nagykanizsa. My father is senior citizen. He used to worked at the Police as a detective. My  brother and sister are graduated. My sister work as a paralegal in the Paralympic Comitte, my brother work as a soldier in Kaposvár.
My interests are; Sports, reading, traveling, gastronomy, voluntary, animals. I Have been playing table tennis for 11 years. We won the National Championship II. last year(2014-2015). I played football for 7 years. In TF I tried out lots of sport. Sport not only my hobby is my life.
My skills are; Reliability, intensesense of responsibility, maximum precision, distinguished adapt ability, good problemsolving skills, team group tasks and working together with otherones, good solving skills. 
I’m interested in meeting with new people and get to know their culture. I was a volunteer in the 2nd FINA World Junior Open Water Championships in Balatonfüred (2014). I was the team leader of the brazilian team. Other reason that I would like to be a mentor that I want to improve my language skills and make some new friend. 

Zajácz István
My name is István. I am going to start my unversity studies in September. My favourite activity is doing sports, I have played handball. and football for 4 years. I usually go to swim in my freetime, and my favourite one is the athletics. I also like history and I am interested in other cultures. 
I am open for new things, I would like to know new people and their cultures. I am open-minded, easy.going person who would like to get new experiences at the university. I have some experiences in organising programs because I have taken part in some international programs several times before as a guest and also as a host.

Csanádi Zsófi
My name is Zsófia Csanádi. I’m 19 years of age. I have just finished my secondary studies. Sport has always played an important role in my life thus I’m excited to start my higher education at the University of Physical Education. I also participated in a Summer Camp in Reggio di Calabria in 2012 and in 2014 for 1 month each, which helped develop my Italian knowledge and improved my communication skills. I am delighted that there is a unique opportunity which would help me to further improve my language skills, to get to know other cultures better, meet new people and enrich my curriculum vitae.
The experience that I could gain by being a mentor would be valuable for both my studies and personal development. So, I am ready and willing to take on new challenges

Vincze Tímea
As I have already been an Erasmus student, I know how important is for a foreign student to have a mentor. I’ve already been a mentro at the ELTE, so I know the ESN. I like the international atmosphere, going out with foreign people, I would like to help to them to discover the city, or in case they would have any problems, etc. In the last 1,5 year I’ve been working in a hostel, where I got the chance to communicate a lot of people from all over the world. So I don’t have problems with communicating with foreign people. I speak French also, and Spanish on basic level, but I would like to develop my language skills

Berndt András
My name is András Berndt and I have 2 brothers: one of them is older and the other is younger than me. I playes handball, chess, table tennis and football. I have been playing football for 15 years and i like working in teams and i consider it very important. I like working in team and i have been working as a football coach for 4 years.  I am anthropocentric and one of my most important quality is empathy. I can fit quickly in new communities. I do my work accurately and efficiently. 3 years ago I worked as a guide for a Spanish group which was in Budapest for 10 days. I am friendly, talketive, open minded and mindful.
I am interested in getting to know new people, build relationships and recognize new culture. I like spending my free time with my friends, that is why i am always surrounded with people. I would like to get to know other people from other countries and as far as I am concerned this could be a very good opportunity to achieve it.

Varga Boglárka
I am Boglárka Varga, my nickname is Bogi. I just finished my MSc Spormanagement studies in the summer of 2015. I did my Bsc Recreation management and health promotion programe final exam in 2013. I do triathlon for 14 years in a sports club. Nowadays I play ultimate frisbee as well, I started it 3 years ago. I like to work in teams and doing creative things. In September, 2014 me and my friends founded a sports club for erasmus students and international people, who live here. We organize lot of events in different sports (football, ultimate frisbee, hiking, yoga, running etc.) I also took part in erasmus program. I spent one semester in Barcelona. I was also a mentor in the last year. If you need help or have a question, just tell me! Have a good time in Budapest!  

Gary AKA Csepely Gergő
Briefly I lived in California in the past 15 years and I'm getting my Masters in Recreation at the TF right now.
I heard about this program and I would be interested in it, I know well what a culture shock is , and also Im pretty clear about the fact how much does it mean to have a local around you when you arrive.
Please let me know if you have any other question

Faragó Dóra
My name is Dora Farago and I am 20 years old. I love doing sports, but who doesn’t at this college? I love running, horse riding, swimming, hiking, dancing, doing rhythmic gymnastics and climbing.
I also like drawing, reading books, cooking and being in the nature. I said to be very energetic because I always doing something and I always have an idea what to do. I love smiling, so if you see me, i will probably have a big smile on my face. I would like to take part in this programme, because I would like to help these exchange students to have a memorable semester here, helping them being more comfortable here and making them some programme. I am very friendly so I like making new friends and get to know their culture. I like trying new things, and maybe in my future work, the experience from this mentor ’work’ will be very useful.

Skrapits Fanni
I would really like to help the exchange students because I am a naturally extrovert and social person. I love to meet new friends and I think I could help them with everything they might need, from showing them the city/country to help them out in the most random problems. I also think that this would be a great opportunity to improve my language skills, I speak english and spanish as well! I have already had a few chances to meet exchange students and those always went down really well, so I think me and my future pair would enjoy our time together!


Szabó Tímea
My name is Tímea Szabó. I was born in Budapest at 07.10.1991.I graduated in high school four years ago.As I am doing sport from my childhood, I went to study in a vocational school,where I was studying 2years.In this 2years I gained many knowledge in sport,and I also got for this 3qualifikation as a personal trainer,animator and sportmanager.It was for me a good basis to start to work in this field.My first work experience was in Greece as a team leader and sport trainer in different kind of fields of sport.It was one of my best experience in my life ,because I was a part of an international team,and I really liked that I was the only hungarian,and I didn’t have any language problem with english.After this experience I decided that I would like to explore the world and work in different countries,because this is what makes me happy and motivated.From that time I was working in Cyprus,Austria and Italy.I was working at these places as an animator,and my responsibility was mostly to take care about children,and organize sport events for adults.My other most memorable experince was in Italy where I was working as a fitness trainer.I was doing yoga, streching, fitness, aerobic etc.I really loved to stand in front of people and make them happy and smile because of sport.Now I am studying Andragogy at Budapest Business School, and recreation at the University of Sport. My aim with these qualification to learn more about people to organize them as many events as possible to make them happy and healthy.



Simon Péter
My name is Peter Simon. This is my third year in the University of Physical Education. I will be a Pe teacher. I am motivated because my roommate was a helper and he showed me these meetings and I could take  part in these partys and other programs. I would like to be a helper because I like foreign languages, help others and this is a great opportunity to meet new people from another culture. Practice english and maybe in the future to take part in Erasmus programs.  I am talkative, helphul and team player I think I can be a member of this organization.