Blanka Tachscherer (35) experienced her first culture shock in Ireland upon moving to Ireland, when she walked out of Shannon Airport for the first time. “Even though they call Cork a city, it is smaller than a city would be in Hungary.”Tachscherer grew up in a small town just outside of Budapest. “My mum used to tell me that before 1990 they didn’t have oranges or bananas as they didn’t sell them in the shops. I watched a movie about leprechauns when I was a child. While it is about the same price as it would be in Ireland, they get seen a lot faster.

Source: The Irish Times January 13, 2026 10:32 UTC