Exchange with IRELAND

We are back again...

In the first week of our holidays some of the students of our eleanitza class went to Ireland. We stayed there from the 20th to the 25th of March.

First of all, we met the Irish at their school called Wilson's Hospital. They were waiting us. Then, we left our luggage in the hall and they showed us their town: Mullingar.

In general, all of the families were very kind with us and treated us as if we were their children.

In the second day, we went to the school with our partners and they showed us their traditional Irish dancing. It was quite weird but it was also funny to see everybody jumping around the room. Click here to see how they dance. After that, we went to play a typical sport from there: hurling. Most of us didn't try it, because it seemed to be really difficult. In the afternoon, we did some workshops related to the gender. It was interesting and we learnt some new things about it. However, the first workshop we did was much more better than the second one because the teacher was kinder and she explained everything more clearly. Moreover, it was more enjoyable.

Next day, we also went to school to take the bus and go to Dublin. Unfortunately, we had an awful weather. It was raining heavily and the strong wind didn't help too much. It was also freezing. We visited a free museum which was about the Irish history. Then, we went to the city centre and do shopping. We couldn't see Dublin properly because of the weather, but anyway we had a great time. Finally, we took the bus and returned with our families home.

On Saturday, we also went to Dublin but this time without teachers. We went by train. It took more or less 2 hours to get there. When we arrived, we had lunch and went shopping again. Apart from that, we also visited the most important streets and shopping centres.

On Sunday, we met our classmates in the shopping centre of Mullingar and we went to the cinema. The cinema was too far away from there, and it took us half an hour to get there. It was freezing and we arrived as if we were ice cubes. We saw a comedy called "Identity thief". We realized that the prize of the cinema was cheaper than here. And we also realized that we could understand the film easily.

In the last day, we just prepared our luggage and met the other students in the school. We said goodbye to our families and took the bus on the way back to San Sebastian.