Socialising - Family Picnic

The Hungarian Cultural Group (HCG) organised a lovely social event last weekend - a picnic in a local forest park.

We decided to go along. I thought that it would be a great opportunity for the kids to spend more time just playing with others rather than learning. I was right, the kids loved it, just playing ball games and being out in the fresh air.

From an adult English perspective both LH and I said we felt rather guilty not having enough Hungarian to chat more socially and we didn't want to feel we were making the others have to speak English. The focus after all was on speaking Hungarian for a change. After a few small conversations in English we eventually ended up speaking mainly to the English members of the group. Mainly those married to Hungarians.

However, this is just a sign of the time we are in at the moment. Eventually we will be able to mix more and more in Hungarian.

But I would still go to more family social events like this because becoming more familiar with the families and the children feeling more connected is a huge boost to us all.

Having said that I will however refrain from the Hungarian women's dinner evenings at the moment as it would be just to unfair to expect them to speak English to me at these times. I'll wait till I can say more.