i went to the hairdresser this morning. i learned some vocab: to trim (spitzen schneiden) and to put layers in (stufen machen). and i noticed that i hate talking to hairdressers while they're cutting my hair. 

spring is finally coming, with 9°C today!

IRELAND - Saturday

We were all sad when we had to pack our things together Saturday morning. The coach picked us up for the last time, bringing us to the airport, where we had to wait for quite a long time, as our flight back to London was the last to depart at 16:45. We left with a very good impression of Ireland and many new friends and memories :)

IRELAND - Friday

On friday, we had all day to do more sightseeing. We went to O'Connell street again, then to the disctrict Temple Bar, an area with many bars, restaurants and shops. We had lunch at a cool coffee place and then just walked around for a while. In the evening, the leaders had organised something special for us: an Irish dance lesson with Irish music. It was hilarious!! I unfortunately didn't take photographs as I was busy trying to dance :D

the musician :)

IRELAND - Thursday

On Thursday, we finally got to explore Dublin. In the morning, we went to see the Guinness storehouse. The most enjoyable part, of course, was the beer testing - but it was also very interesting to learn all about the history of Guinness beer and to see the collection of advertising posters. 

Then we had time to explore Dublin on our own. We took a hop on hop off bus to see the main sights (not many in Dublin) and ended up in O'Connell street, one of the main roads in Dublin. In the centre of the street, there's The Spire, a monument and famous landmark of Dublin. It is 123 meters high and quite impressive. After walking around in O'Connell street, we went to see the Trinity College, a famous college with many nice buildings. Then we took a walk towards the port, ending up walking back along the river Liffey. 

O'Connell street

Trinity College

Trinity College

In the evening, we went bowling. It was great fun!!

IRELAND - Wednesday

We had to get up quite early on Wednesday - at about 6: 30, because we were off to a day tour to the very south of Ireland. More accurately, we were off to Cork, Blarney Castle and Cobh. After an about three hours coach journey, we arrived at Cork, a very sweet little town. We stopped there to have some lunch.

Then we departed for Blarney Castle. Read all about it: http://www.blarneycastle.ie. There's this famous stone one should kiss which should give you the gift of talking. To kiss the stone, you have to lean over an edge and a guy is holding you, look at the picture. I didn't really get why exactly to kiss the bloody stone but I did it anyway - just to find myself think of all the people suffering from herpes who kissed it before me. Around the castle, there's a really nice park, even a lake is situated on the land. 

The gang!

me kissing the stone

Our next stop was Cobh, a seaside town. Cobh was the last departure point of the Titanic, therefore there are a few memorials and a Titanic museum, which I haven't visited. I was busy walking around, looking at the cathedral and drinking tea in the sun.

Then I had a very funny coach ride home with some people from Switzerland, Germany and Austria I got to know...

IRELAND - Tuesday

Our main goal for Tuesday was to get to Dublin - this might seem easy, but on the train to London to get to Stansted airport there were some difficulties - the train couldn't move because there were damn ponies on the track! But as soon as some guy led the ponies to their meadow, the train could move again, and we were only half an hour behind... We still arrived on time at the airport, though, and could happily take the plane to Dublin. Arrived in Dublin, we had to wait for a coach to pick us up. After a 30-minutes journey into the heart of Dublin, we could check in at Jacobs Inn hostel. I was in a room with 8 other girls, all in all quite a nice group :) After unpacking our things, we went off to have dinner at a pub around the corner. As we were all tired, we went to bed quite early (at like 1 or 2 o'clock  :D).

I spent the last few days in Ireland, my exchange organisation Into organised the trip and people from all over the UK and Ireland came - it was an incredibly awesome trip. And as you might know me, i take incredibly many pictures... That's why I created (or better - I'm creating) a post for every day... Enjoy reading.

packing my things together for tomorrow - DUBLIN!! my exchange organisation arranged the trip, about 40 people from all over the uk are coming - i'm very looking forward to it :) 
i'll be back on saturday, and as i can't really update my blog in dublin, i'll post some pictures saturday evening or sunday...