ERASMUS IRLANDA 2024

 The 5th of October was my last day in Ireland. I woke up, got dressed and had breakfast. I also finished to pack my suitcases whith a few thing There was left. Then I said goodbye to the family and thanked them for this amazing three weeks. After, we went to the school car park were a bus was waiting for drop us at Dublin Airport. The way was long so many people included me fall sleep. We arrived and we did the check in helped by the teacher. Later it was the momet to say goodbye to our Irish partners. We passed the security control and had to wait an hour to get on the plain. The filght wa good and we were excited to see our families. The ERASMUS has been one of the best experiences in my life.

 The 28th of September I went to Dublin, the capital of Ireland. We went by train so I had to woke up early. Although it was long trip and I was tired I couldn´t sleep due to the excitement. When we arrived, we wnated to go sightseeing so we bought tikets for a turistic bus, definitely the best way to see the city. We saw Phoenix Park / Dublin Zoo, Trinity College, The Irish Emigration Museum, Guinness Storehouse, The Temple Bar and more. We also saw lots of bridges and I was told that it is a special feature of Dublin. Walking arround we also see the Portal, that conect Dublin and New York by video. When we finished the tour we had lunch and went shopping. I had to bought some souvenirs for my family so I didn´t miss the oportunity to buy then in Carrols, a really popular giftshop in Ireland. In the evening we took the train to return.

 The 25th of September we went to the clifs of Moher and we did surf. In the morning we went to see the clifts. It was a really long trip so we had to wake up early. When we arrived it was raining and a birt foggy but we could saw the beautiful clifts. After that we entered to an exposition about the place. There was also a cafeteria were we could had luch and rest. In the afternoon we took the bus and we went to do surf. When we arrived we put on the wetsuit and we took the surfboards. They made three groups to make the classes easier. We went down to the beach and started with the lesson. After an hour of classes we put then into practice. We had a great time! Later, when we had finished surfing we change and went to a café for something warm to drink.

 The 22th of September we went to visit Cork. It was suposed to go all together by train but some of us ended up going by bus because we arrived late. As soon as we arrived we went to have lunch and then we met with the other students than were eating at Marine Market, an indoor market so then we went to see the stands. The market was amazing. Later we went sightseeing arround the city and we also went shopping. After we went to the train station to catch it.  It was a great day. 

 The 18th of Septembre we went to the Ploughing, a kind of farming festival. I woke up really early because we had to go to the train station. There we met with others Irish and Spanish students, we took a train and after an hour or so we arrived. Then we took a bus that dropped us at the Ploughing. There we met with others Irish and Spanish students. The Ploughing was enormus and we saw different stands and we also went shopping, there were really big queues.There was a funfair so we decided to go there, we had a great fun! Later we had lunch and restedd, we were exhausted. We got out and we went to a nearby village to have dinner. To finish we took back the train and return to Kinfinane.

 On one of ours first days we went to the Woodlands. I have to admit we thought that we were going to do hiking. But when we arrived, we realice that Woodland is an ecological hotel. First, we had a tour arround the outside of the hotel. A man explained to us what they do for save energy and money: they have solar panels that produce electricity for the hotel; they also have an organic graden, where they have a greenhouse with tomatoes and other types of vegetables. Then we had a snack and we entered to the hotel to have tea or cofee.

 During the exange we had lots of trips but also we had to go to class. This year our Irish partners are doing transition year (TY), wich is a course in wich they try to find what they would like to study. So, they have a big variety of subject like swiming, home economics, business, junnk couture. Although they have the the typical ones, such as maths, chemistry, English, etc. They also don´t have exams nor homework. Many teachers gave class and explained us what we had to do. Others like Irish´s teacher taught us with the Irish students the basics of Gaelic. Also they are doing a musical so we lernt the dances and we had a great time.

 On Sunday 14th we visited Limerik city. In the morning we took a bus to go there. When we arrived we went sightseeing. We saw St. Mary Chathedral, king John castle, we couldn´t enter but we saw then from the outside and they were very beautiful, and river Shanon, wich is the longest river in Ireland. We also went to the milk market. Then we went for a walk through the streets. After visiting the city we went back Kilfinane  but before we stopped at a shopping centre to have lunch. We also had time to go shopping.                                                                                                                                       ...

   The 13th of Septemper was the firts day of my ERASMUS exange programe in Ireland. At 12:30 others ERASMUS students and I took the bus to Bilbao at Logroño´s bus station. When we arrived to Bilbao, we took another bus to drop us to the airport. At the airport, the first thing we did was cheking the sutcases. Then we had lunch and went through the security control to take the plane. We landed and took our sutcases. Our Irish partners recived us. We got a bus that took us to Kilfinane but before arriving there, we stopped in Subway to have dinner. Then, we took again the bus and after two hours we arrived. The parents were waiting there to go to our houses.