Arrival in Debrecen

On my arrival in Debrecen, I was met at the train station by Dan Engel, a short, cute, american with a charming smile.  Dan and Jeane are in their late 70s, retired, and are pioneering in Hungary right now.  They sold everything and are homeless, as they say.  So they now occupy and act as custodians for the Baha'i centre of Debrecen.  I see these two as a very good example of "shedding the lethargy".  They don't speak the language at all, they don't have health care here, and they left all their family and friends behind to move to this foreign land, in an effort to help support and propagate the Baha'i Faith here.

The Baha'i centre is a beautiful, big apartment right downtown.  It was owned by a Mrs. Afnan who passed away a few years ago and left it to the Baha'i community.  There's a big double living-room that can be split in two.  That's were I now live.  Here's a photo of the east side of the living-room.

Here's the west side:

This side is my room, where I live.  Turn left at that door, and that's a hall to my bathroom and to the kitchen which is connected to the apartment where Dan and Jeanne live, with their own on-suite bathroom. Here's the couch...

... which transforms each night into a bed...

(And back again into a couch every morning, since this is the Baha'i centre, not a bedroom.)

Here is a corner cabinet:

Which I transformed into a wardrobe/closet:

This building itself is a little nondescript from the outside, but it's interesting on the inside with cool stairs (we're on the 3rd floor), and lots of confusing doorways.  The architecture in the vicinity is a real mix of awe-inspiring, and bland.  Here's a building across the street: