Marta in BP

Let's start. My name is Marta and I arrived in Budapest 18.01.2009. My train was 2 hours late - a fact I was really surprised then, but I wouldn't be now knowing that trains in Hungary are never on time. Anyway, I met Kriszta and Amanda at Keleti Railway Station. I was impressed how nice it was. Unfortunately, I was to realise a minute later that Budapest is just like all my friends said - beautiful but extremely dirty. And this is an undeniable fact!. Our flat turned out to be really cosy and nice - not the kind I expected having heard all the frightening stories of former EVS volunteers. That's how it started. It was quite funny but during my first day in BP i was at 2 parties! One of them was Messzelátó, a green NGO, office warming party, where I met some of my friends to be. I did not get much of sleep the first week visiting many farewell parties and I really got the impression that BP never sleeps!
I guess I should write something about myslelf. Once I prepared such a short note, so let's post it here: 25-year-old Pole. Sociologist. Restless being dreaming about changing the world (for the better) and naively believing it's possible. Interested in grassroot social movements and constantly excited it might work. Back in Poland, human rights and global education trainer, privately fond of bicycle raids and kayak rafting organised at the spur of the moment. Sometimes at the flow of inspiration makes jewellery from easily accessible materials (occasionally referred as "trush"). In Budapest constantly amazed with hungarians and they way of work. Drinks beer with a straw (what in Hungary, don't know why, evokes peals of laughter) and would drink it even with syrup if it was possible here! At Zöfi organized a Living Library and helps at present projects and takes a good look at Roma community. Her life motto is 'magis' (the more) and that's why she believes that "it's not difficulties but our dreams that scare us most"