High time to reveal who The Globetrotting Detective is. Hello, my Friend! Thank you for visiting my site. I’m Diana from Hungary. I’ve lived in 8 countries and traveled so far in 72 countries on 4 continents. A restless wanderlust, enthusiasm for adventure, passion for discovering new cultures, and getting to know amazing people from all around the world drove me to explore and experience different places on this beautiful and exciting planet. I speak Hungarian, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, Turkish and Arabic.

Ever since I started my academic years at the Institute of English and American Studies, and Finno-Ugrian Studies at the University of Debrecen in Hungary, I was passionate about learning languages, getting to know different cultures and traveling. Day and night I was proactively searching for opportunities to satisfy my curiosity to learn about other parts of the world.

When I was 19 years old, I decided to spend a year in Windsor, England, in order to improve my English. There, I worked as an Au-pair, took English classes at East Berkshire College, and also worked in a tea house in my free time. In school and at work I made friends from a lot of different cultures. At that point in time, I decided that I’m going to learn to speak in several languages, travel a lot, have friends from all around the world, and experience what it’s like to live in other cultures.

And this is how it happened. I’ll tell you how exactly.

During my studies, I was awarded several scholarships. I studied a semester at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland with a Finnish governmental scholarship, a year at the Hirosaki University in Japan with a Japanese governmental scholarship and a semester at the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey with Erasmus scholarship. Not only my studies but also my holidays were all about mastering my language skills and learning about different cultures. Summertime, you would find me at a summer university or working abroad. I was granted a summer university scholarship at the University of Oulu in Finland and at the Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. I spent a summer working in a restaurant in Windsor, England, and another summer in Dublin, Ireland.  During my studies in Japan, I even had a part-time job in a hotel in order to get a deeper insight into Japanese culture.

Furthermore, I was an active member of AEGEE-Europe for 10 years. It is run by young people on a voluntary basis who organize the most amazing intercultural events in Europe. I attended many of their international trainings and summer universities. When I happened to be in Hungary, I volunteered with one of the local branches, AEGEE-Debrecen, where we organized trainings and summer universities.

The most amazing thing I did was to initiate, co-found and be the Project Manager of the EuroArab Project of AEGEE-Europe. I  coordinated several intercultural trainings in Europe and the Arab World.

After my studies, I worked as a Project Manager for a Telecommunications company in Hungary. After working somewhat more than a year there, I found myself in Casablanca, Morocco, for the next 9 months. I taught Business English in language schools and did marketing for a British university.

Last but least, I spent all my free time applying for and participating in international conferences, trainings and events.

I must tell you I was never bored.

After spending 9 amazing months in Morocco, I moved back to Hungary. At this time I was almost 30. Everything happened in my life the way I planned. I used all my time to fullest to get the done what I planned: getting a double Master degree, utilize as much scholarship opportunities worldwide as possible, learning languages, working in different cultures, traveling a lot, managing youth projects, organizing and attending international trainings and conferences meanwhile gaining loads of international experience. Wauuu. It was an epic journey!

In November 2013 I moved to Munich and I live here since then.  I started learning German. I spent a whole year learning German.

Afterward, I started my first job in Munich as an Account Manager for an IT company. Later on, I worked in Customer Service.

In my free time, I attend German,  Japanese, and Arabic courses to improve my language skills. Other than language courses, I also took courses in Digital Marketing Management and a bunch of other things. I love learning and I will probably never stop learning in this life.

My favorite hobbies in Munich are organizing and attending events, hiking, cycling, running, and skiing. I absolutely love my life in Munich!

Since April 2017, I have a new hobby. I started this blog that you are reading right now.  Through this blog, primarily I would like to inspire people to visit less-known travel destinations and help people to plan their vacations and trips.

And in the end… You might wonder why I call myself a globetrotting detective. :-) Sure, I tell you. I’ve traveled a lot and I love traveling. That makes me a globetrotter. And why detective? I’m an extremely curious person and love researching on topics that I’m interested in, especially on traveling and different cultures.

Are you also a curious person? If yes, be part of the story of The Globetrotting Detective.