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Instant Reading Have you ever been in case when you are extremely needed to be able to read in a language you don't know? I guess, you have. And so do I [emoji][emoji] As an example, a case from my first trip to Hungary. I had just arrived to Budapest when I realised that I had no idea how to get to my hotel (usually, I'm used to take my booking prints with me, but not this time!). Following a simple logic I managed to get out of the metro on the (approximately :D) right station and hoped that google-maps would have finally led me to the desired destinaton. But I was wrong. As it turned out, navigation in the middle of Pest was quite a tricky thing even for my virtual guide [emoji][emoji] After a few desperate tries to ask some locals for the direction I conceded that I had no other option but to call up the hotel... Thanks to rather stable internet connection, I'd quickly found the hotel contacts and dialed the receptionist... and... here we go! What is the first thing you need to tell the one coordinating you on the phone? Right! You must interpret ypur location! On that very moment I realized that right there and right now I needed to be able to read in Hungarian! Just instantly! Otherwise, how could I explain what street I was standing on? Surprisingly, I did manage that problem at the first try! I was moving and telling the hotel-worker what streets I was crossing simply reading their names on the buildings around me. Actually, there's nothing outstanding about it [emoji][emoji] I believe, everybodies who travel on their own and do not use a car or a taxi, they take their first language lesson right when they get on public transport. Listening to the names of stations while seeing them displayed on a bus/tram/metro information tables makes you subconciously analyze spelling rules of the language you're surrounded by.

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Instant Reading

Have you ever been in case a situation when you are extremely needed desperately need to be able to read in a language you don't know? I guess, you have. And so do have I.

As an example, here is a case from my first trip to Hungary.
I had just arrived to in Budapest when I realised that I had no idea how to get to my hotel (usually, I'm used to take taking my booking prints printouts with me, but not this time!). Following a simple logic I managed to get out of off the metro at on the (approximately :D) the right station and hoped that google-maps would have finally led me to the desired destinaton. But I was wrong. As it turned out, navigation in the middle of Pest was quite a tricky thing even for my virtual guide. After a few desperate tries to ask some locals for the directions I conceded that I had no other option but to call up the hotel...
Thanks to a rather stable internet connection, I'd quickly found the hotel contacts information and dialed rang the receptionist... and... here we go! What is the first thing you need to tell the one coordinating directing you on the phone? Right! You must interpret ypur location!
On At that very moment I realized that right there and right now then I needed to be able to read in Hungarian! Just instantly! Otherwise, how could I explain what street I was standing on? Surprisingly, I did manage that problem task at the first try attempt! I was moving walking and telling the hotel-worker what streets I was crossing by simply reading their names on the buildings around me. Actually, there's nothing outstanding about it.
I believe, everybodies that everybody who travels on their own and does not use a car or a taxi, they takes their first language lesson right when they get on public transport. Listening to the names of stations while seeing them displayed on a bus/tram/metro information tables timetable makes you subconciously analyze the spelling rules of the language you're surrounded by.
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Instant Reading

Have you ever been in the position where you urgently needed to read in a language you don't know? I guess you have. And so have I.
[emoji][emoji]
As an example; my first trip to Hungary.
I had just arrived in Budapest when I realised that I had no idea how to get to my hotel (usually, I'm used to taking my booking prints with me, but not this time!). Following a simple logic I managed to get out of the metro at the (approximately :D) right station and hoped that google-maps would finally lead me to the desired destination. But I was wrong. As it turned out, navigation in the middle of Pest was quite a tricky thing even for my virtual guide [emoji][emoji] After a few desperate tries to ask some locals for the direction I conceded that I had no other option but to call up the hotel...
Thanks to the rather stable internet connection, I quickly found the hotel contacts and dialled the receptionist... and... there we go! What is the first thing you need to tell the one coordinating you on the phone? Right! You must interpret your location!
On that very moment I realized that right there and right now, I needed to be able to read in Hungarian! Just instantly! Otherwise, how could I explain what street I was standing on? Surprisingly, I did manage that problem with the first try! I was moving/(walking?) and telling the hotel-worker what streets I was crossing simply reading their names on the buildings around me. Actually, there's nothing outstanding about it [emoji][emoji].
I believe everybody who travels on their own and does not use a car or a taxi, gets their first language lesson right when they get on public transport. Listening to the names of stations while seeing them displayed on bus/tram/metro information tables makes you subconsciously analyze spelling rules of the language surrounding you.

Very well written and informative!

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