The journey, first impressions of Ireland and the Jeanie Johnston


On Saturday at 0.15 we set off from Judenburg with the bus, excited for upcoming journey. Some of us were lucky enough to catch some sleep but over all we arrived at the airport in Bratislava at around 4:30 am. The check-in and security check went smoothly (except for a pair of scissors which had to be confiscated) and after witnessing a beautiful sunrise, we boarded the plane to Ireland.



We arrived in Dublin and drove to the hostel we were going to be staying in for the night, where we left our luggage to be able to go explore the city.


The first time we crossed a street, we were reminded that here, they drive on the other side of the road! 
On our way to the inner city we saw a lot of shops, some familiar, some completely new and there we had time to look around and grab a bite to eat. There, we had our first face to face encounter with the irish accent. 
A notable thing were the many pubs all around the town, additionally even specific tours about how irish whiskey is made. Some of us also encountered a few dressed up leprechauns on the street.


Afterwards we made our way to the Jeanie Johnston where we were lucky to arrive just before it started raining cats and dogs, so we could take shelter. The Jeanie Johnston is a famine ship which brought many people from Ireland to North America during the Irish famine (1945-1952). On the tour of the ship, we learned a lot about Irish history and culture.


In the evening we returned to the hostel and retreated to our respective rooms, exhausted from the long day and happy to get a good night's sleep.

Blog entry by Anita Wilding and Maximilian Liebminger

Kommentare

Kommentar veröffentlichen

Beliebte Posts aus diesem Blog

Last day in Galway

Bild
Today was the last the way we spent in Galway. It was the only the day of the week we had enough time to explore the city on our own, go shopping, and experience real Irish food and even though we already stayed in the city for nearly a week, the feeling of fascination, and wonder for the city didn't go away, and we all were eager to learn more about the city and its wonderful history, the only problem with this was that we had to be home at 5 o'clock, and then go the Greyhound Race, or spend our evening whichever way we wanted, which for most of us consisted of packing our luggage and going to bed early, but some of us didn't take into account how exhausting the journey back to Austria would, be and so they hardly got any sleep. In the evening some of us went to the Greyhound Race, in the Galway Stadium, but most of us didn't want to go, because they either thought that it would be really boring, or that animal abuse was involved in the races. Sadly,...
Mehr anzeigen

The journey back home

Today started at 3 a.m. Although I'm sure that some of us overslept (I won't tell any names) everyone managed to get to the bus stop on time.  After we put our luggage in the bus the drive to Dublin began. Most of the people could get some sleep during these three hours but nevertheless we were all pretty exhausted by the time we arrived at the airport. This feeling didn't disappear whilst the security check. We knew the procedure but we were pretty delighted when it was over.  The time we stayed at the airport was shorter than it was on Saturday so it didn't take too long when we finally took our places on the plane. No accidents did happen and the plane wasn't taken hostage so that was a point in favour for it but still it was more like a thing that could've been gladly skipped. The bus drive from Bratislava back to Judenburg was the worst thing of all. While the plane had a little space to relax, the opportunities to sleep in the b...
Mehr anzeigen

Language school, walking tour and first day in Galway

Bild
The first day in Galway started with a delicious breakfast in the morning. Our host families made us some lunch bags and drove us with the car to our language school. It was cloudy and a little bit cold but fortunately, it didn‘t rain. Arrived at our school, we got splitted into 4 groups. Altogether we had 2 lessons. The first one from 9:30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and the second one from 11.30 to 01.00 p.m. The lessons were pretty good. With funny speaking games, the teachers taught us some new words and helped us to improve our english. After that we had freetime to get ourselves some food and to explore Galway on our own. At 02.00 p.m., we met again at the language school to start the walking tour with our guides around Galway. The man was really friendly and he showed us some of the most beautiful places of Ireland, including the Galway Ca thedral and the John F. Kennedy park. He also told us that the Irish people are really proud of their well placed location near the sea and ...
Mehr anzeigen