Okay, so a memorable event that took place when I was at school. I’m gonna say it was the time when I participated in an exchange program at primary school. We went to the Czech Republic and basically the aim of this whole exchange program was that a Hungarian student would go to the Czech Republic and stay with a Czech family. And then in return, like a couple of months later, the Czech students would come to Hungary and then stay at our places, like with our Hungarian families. And for me, it was a very memorable experience because that was the first time that I went abroad and kind of experienced this whole thing of cultural differences, how different people live and whatever. And I think it has a massive influence on my future because it really opened up my eyes and I find it fascinating how interesting different cultures are, different countries, how families, you know, like they are a bit different but also similar. And after that, I think it really influenced me to become an international lawyer. And what happened? So we were there for like maybe four days or so and we were hanging out. That was also the first time that I had to rely on my language skills, right? Because obviously the Czech family didn’t speak any Hungarian. So again, that was a point when I discovered that I love, you know, speaking other languages. And yeah, that was probably like 20 years ago and I still remember it like it happened yesterday. But I think it’s mostly because, you know, that was the first time I really felt like I love this international environment and this is something that I want to do in the future. I mean, this is something that I want to be part of my everyday life in the future.
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Okay, so a memorable event that took place when I was at school. I'm going to say it was the time when I participated in an exchange program in primary school. We went to the Czech Republic, and basically the aim of this whole exchange program was that a Hungarian student would go to the Czech Republic and stay with a Czech family. Then, in return, a couple of months later, the Czech students would come to Hungary and stay with our families. For me, it was a very memorable experience because that was the first time I went abroad and experienced the whole thing of cultural differences, how different people live, and so on. I think it had a massive influence on my future because it really opened my eyes, and I find it fascinating how interesting different cultures are, how different countries and families are a bit different but also similar. After that, I think it really influenced me to become an international lawyer. So what happened? We were there for about four days, and we were hanging out. That was also the first time I had to rely on my language skills because the Czech family didn't speak any Hungarian. That was a moment when I discovered that I love speaking other languages. That was probably around 20 years ago, and I still remember it like it happened yesterday. I think it's mostly because that was the first time I really felt like I loved this international environment, and this is something I want to do in the future. I mean, this is something I want to be part of my everyday life in the future.
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