tongue crusher

Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter betty bought was bitter,so betty bought another bit of butter to make the bit of bitter butter better

Facts about me in Ireland

In Ireland I ...

• ... took 3'257 Photos in a quality of 7 MB - Pixel (thats why the photos are 2 or 3 MB)!

• ... send more then 2'000 text messages with my irish meteor sim card for free! (Thanks meteor)

• ... spend ... no, nobody talks about money ;)

Advices

• Tell your host mum you want to wash your cloths with 30 degrees, else you probably get a surprise
• If you’re 18, take your passport with you because else probably the identity card won’t be accepted!
• Pay attention if you cross the road because the Irish people drive on the “wrong” side and they pass the roads always (it could be red, they don’t mind)
• If you take the train in the morning, don’t mind if they are crowded, cancelled or something like that because that’s normally
• If you need cloths on a special day, make sure that your cloths are dry a long time before you need them
• If you lost your wallet make sure that you can go to the consulate, but you have to have a police report and the only open in the mornings
• Take a mp3 player or something like that with you, else you’ll be a “outsider” in the train and it’s very boring
• Pay attention which bus you take, probably the bus drives another route (bus a has another route than bus b)
• Don’t look at the timetables on the bus station because they help you nothing! Sometimes there are two or three busses on the same line / come at the same time.
• Don’t click the button for the stop too early; else the bus drivers can become very angry because he wants to stop on a previous station (before your one).
• When ever you’re in the bus, hold you yourself, else you can fly as long as you never fly before

Day 28: Fly back to Switzerland

"Today is gonna be the day..."
I think you probably know this song (Oasis - Wonderwall)

Today we flew back to switzerland. In the morning i had to stand up early because the collection for the way to the airport was at 8.30. I wasn't really in hurry because i packed the most of my things yesterday. At the airport i checked in and it was all okay. After a little delay we took off and landed after an hour and a half in zurich. I was really happy to be back.
Now i'm on the best way to publish my photos and videos but it will take a long time (I took for about 2500 photos)

Pictures Part II

here you have some picture from the neighbourhood of my homestay

Day 27: Scategory with Adam Sandler movies

The game scategory (i think you know how it works) with Adam Sandler movies. Funny idea, isn't it?

Day 27: a good Sandwich

That's was a great sandwich or better then Sandro's one. :)

Day 27: Last school day

on the second last day we received our certificate. In the afternoon we a irish guest speaker who talks about the IT in ireland. In the evening i'll go the last time to the bell and enjoy my last evening here in dublin.

Day 25: National Museum

Our second last special program point is to visit the national museum. In the follow you have some pictures (only a few because it wasn’t allowed to take picture)

Day 23: Sandro's Sandwich

Poor Sandro. Your sandwich doesn’t seems to be good as usually.

Day 23: The days are counted

As you know next Saturday we’ll fly back to Switzerland and so there are only six days left.

Day 23: School Day

The day started like every morning, train was crowded. In the city center were a lot of people which wanted to do the “performance test” in our school. The rest of the day we spend in the school.

Day 21: City Center

In the morning Anna left us and went to Belfast and the on Monday she’ll take the plane home. This day we went to the city center and than we wanted to see the sea but it was too far away for walking s we only saw the port. The city center and the blanchardstown center was very crowded. That’s why I went home.
In the afternoon a new Italian girl come in our homestay. In the evening I showed her the bus and train station and after that I went to the bell a local pub.

Day 20: Irish Guest speaker

The morning started with school like every morning and in the afternoon our programm was a irish guest speaker who said something about the irish history. She told us that Ireland is connected with Switzerland and the Ireland get money from the EU

Day 22: Howth and Malahide

We went to Howth and Malahide they are something like fisher villages. The weather wasn’t as good as it could be, that means it rained a little bit. After this two stations we went to the city center and after that home. After a short sleep I woke up with the firealarm. He turned on because the Italian girl took a shower and didn’t close the door. So the steam started to turn the firealarm. In the evening I stayed at home because its cold and it’s rained.

Day 19: funny drawings

Here you see some funny drawings.

Day 19: Train is cancelled

“We are afraid but the train is cancelled”. That was the sentence you could her at the train station. So we had to take the bus because the next trains were crowded too. What a good start in the morning.

Day 18: Dog Racing

This was our first day on which we had only in the morning school and in the afternoon free time. During this time I bought some souvenirs and in the evening we saw a dog racing. On the one hand it was funny because I think we didn’t have something like this in Switzerland. On the other hand it was a little bit boring because a race took for about 1 minute and then it was a break for 15 minutes. In addition to this I lost 10 euro because I bet twice and didn’t win.

Day 17: Mr. Declan Flanagan

Day 15: Tour around Galway

We had a trip around Galway. There we saw a lot of castle’s and some “special stones”. At about 3 o’clock in the afternoon we saw the cliffs. They were amazing! The rest of the day we spend in a little boring village called “Doolin” and with going home.

Day 14: Weekend in Galway

This weekend we prefered to go to Galway. That's in the west side of ireland and takes three hours from Dublin.
We met us in the front of the Language School in the city center of Dublin at 9 o'clock. Our groupleader spoke to us and said, that we couldn't go there because he has no money for the bus ticket. After 15 minutes we found a solution and could go to Galway. Now i'm staying here and write this blog.
I wish you a nice weekend and see you soon.

Day 13: wet cloats

At the beginning of my language cours my hostmum washed my cloats(i think it was a little bit too hot, so I asked her). This week I wanted to wash my cloats again, but this time i had to wash them myself(that wasn't a huge problem). I hung them out und on friday it rained, so she didn't take them in and there were more wet than after the washing process.

Day 13: Old Jameson's Distillery

After a school morning we went to the "Old Jameson's Distillery". Every whiskey fan will know him as one of the best whiskeys in the world. We had the honour to make a tour through the distillery. First we saw a film about the history. After they explained us the producement of a whiskey. Finally we enjoyed a glas of Old Jameson's whiskey.

Day 11: Irish Guest Speaker

Today there was a guest speaker here and he told us something about the irish language.

Day 10: Crowded Train

Hello Everybody
The day started nice. The train was over crowded. Therefore, nobody could catch it. But they don’t made a extra train or something like that. You have to wait for the next one. That is why the next train was crowded too. However, I think that they think, “Don’t mind”

Pictures

Day 9: School all the day

Today we have school all the time. Here is a picture of the english teacher, who teach us in the mornings.

Day 8: Phoenix Park

We went to the biggest park of Europe, to the Phoenix Park, but it wasn't like a park that you probably think. There were cars and streets inside, so it's a little bit strange :)

that's a picture of the parade, which was there.

Day 7: Blanchardstown Center

We went to the Blanchardstown Center and there we watched Shrek The Third in the cinema. After the movie we went to the city center and there we did some shopping. We went home for dinner and than we went to the city center again to enjoy the evening in a pub.

Day 6: Dublin Castle

Hello everybody

today we are going to the castle of dublin. I think we have lot of fun there and it will be nice to see it.

Day 4: Irish musicain

In lunch time we were in the park. There was a big band which consist of police men's. They weren't bad!
Yesterday it was a irish musicain in the school. he told us something about the irish music and their instrument. He's a very buisiness man and know many things about the music

Day 2: First School Day

The second day in Irland was our first day at school, there we make some excersice and in the afternoon we had a City Tour. It rained very much and we made still the tour by foot. We saw some typical things of Dublin.
In the evening we wanted to go to the Blandchaster Town Center. That's a huge center here in Dublin. It tooks us a long time, because we didn't find it and we tooked the wrong way or bus.

Day 1: Live from Dublin

Hello Everybody

Today I arrived in Dublin and went to the hostfamily. There I enjoyed my first irish lunch (pizza, waffles and maionaise :)). This afternoon I'm in Dublin with my friend Sandro and we drunk our first Guiness in Ireland. After the internet coffee we take the bus and hope we'll arrive at our homestay

Best wiches

Pascal A