Day 1 – 6 July 2014
Our summer in Dublin started very smoothly – all of the students arrived on time, the bus arrived on time, we had no problems at the airport and our flight both departed and arrived on time. We were m...
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This blog contains information on our summer course for teenagers in Dublin - July 2014.
Day 2 – 7 July 2014
The morning started off well. I met Guillermo and Juan Sergio at the bus stop outside their house and we took the bus to meet the rest of the gang. Then we travelled to the school together. It was a l...
Day 3 – 8 July 2014
Classes went well this morning – lots of speaking practice.
The host family provide the students with lunch each day which consists of a ham and cheese sandwich, crisps, fruit and some chocolate.
This...
Day 4 – 9 July 2014
The students have been really lucky with the weather since they arrived in Dublin – it’s been blue skies and high temperatures every day!
Some of the students learned a little bit of Irish culture tod...
Day 5 – 10 July 2014
The students got their first taste of real Irish weather today. The sky was full of grey clouds and it rained for most of the day. After class today we took the bus into the city centre to visit Saint...
Day 6 – 11 July 2014
The students enjoyed a cultural lesson in English class today. Some of them learned about Michael Collins and others learned about James Joyce.
All week the students were looking forward to having fre...
Day 7 – 12 July 2014
We had a grey start to the day today but thankfully the rain didn’t last too long.
We met this morning at the church near the school to go on our excursion. First we went to visit Ardgillan Castle wh...
Day 8 – 13 July 2014
The sunshine came out today for the students. They had a free day today so they went in different directions. Quique went to visit his uncle. Marta and Mercedes went to visit their friends in Malahide...
Day 9 – 14 July 2014
Our second week started off well with our new students Mar and Teresita joining the other students to make their way to Mercy College. They did their level test and were put into their appropriate cla...
