My first guided tour was in 2013, when I was in fifth grade.

I've been on
vacation with my family in many places before, but this is obviously different.
Our German teacher organizes a German camp every year, always somewhere
else. When I was the first time, we were in Tyrol, Germany. Even here, I really
liked the teacher's vast knowledge and confidence in another country and
culture. There was also a camp the following year, but unfortunately I couldn't
find any pictures of it. However, in the seventh grade, the teacher did not
organize a camp, but a trip to the Christmas market in Vienna. This is where I
met a real tour guide for the first time. And here came the point when I realized
that this is what I want to do.
I loved German in elementary school, I was one of the best in the group, because
the teacher taught me very well. Thanks to this, I was admitted to the Török
Ignác High School in Gödöllő, where I really didn't want to go. It is considered
one of the best schools in the county, and perhaps even in the country. I honestly
don't know why. Our class teacher was also a German teacher, but since she
alone was not a tough enough teacher, in order to teach a special language class,
they put another teacher in next to her. They made me hate German.( half of our
class was in math, the other in German)
My second language was English. Our teacher wasn't even a real English
teacher, he was a literature and geography major. He once told me not to go to
graduate in English because I can't speak English. Well, here I am.
During my high school years, I studied purposefully, I knew where I wanted to
go next. Although I tried advanced history, I stayed with geography, which I
also always excelled at and was always interested in. Actually, history too, but
geography and languages are better.
Unfortunately, when I graduated, covid first broke out, so it was quite difficult
to prepare for graduation and everything. Because of this, I was not even
accepted for tourism at first, which really hurt me. Then, mustering all my
strength, I stood up and said that I would do a separate course for tour guiding
anyway, I would do it before university.
At first it was quite difficult, as learning kitchen technology on Skype is not
easy, how to cook, bake, make a cocktail etc. But our teacher was the best. He
tried everything to pass on his knowledge.
Our second year was already much better. We went to school, there were also
external exercises, where we pretended that someone was the tour guide and the
other members of the group were tourists and we led the group. We passed the
exam in June.
It looks so simple when written this way. I have to say it wasn't. My sister and
her partner are both lawyers and they kept telling me not to choose this, it's not
good, etc. Apparently, my parents were also on their side. But I persevered all
the way, and since my mother chose the secondary school, saying that it was
close, etc., I said that I was interested in that and that's what I was going to
study. To this day, I hear that I don't have enough language skills to be a tour
guide. But I already am, so.. Regardless, I am extremely grateful to my parents,
because I have been to many countries, either with them, in camps or with
friends. As well as in innumerable cities in the country. After all, they support
me to travel.
And why I’m here now? This year I would have been admitted to Szeged, for
tourism, as I would have had plenty of points. But I think that it is never a
problem if a person has several types of knowledge. After all, another virus, or
war, or anything else could come in at any time. That's why I'm here and this is
one of my stories.