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I really can’t believe our luck with the weather we’re getting - it was another fabulous day! We had class as usual this morning and lunch as usual in the canteen. Afterwards we took the bus into town with some of the other students to visit St.Patrick's Cathedral.

We had some time to look around this beautiful building and some of the students took a guided tour where they learned about ex-presidents of Ireland and also where some of our colloquial expressions came from. For example, “to chance your arm” - which means to risk something - came from an argument between two prominent Irish families. A member of one of the families decided to risk getting his arm cut off when putting it out to shake hands with the other family to make peace!

After the cathedral the girls went home to have dinner with their families. In the evening some of the girls went to the disco organised by the school. They were very excited to get dressed up and to go out with their new friends!

Everybody was a little tired today after their busy day yesterday. It was also a little cloudy which didn’t help the tiredness!
We had a class as usual in the morning. The girls were studying the past simple, phrasal verbs and vocabulary used to describe personalities.

In their second class they did activities to practise their English and they sang songs.

One thing the girls miss from Spain is the long leisurely lunch. At the moment they are eating sandwiches which their host family give them. I’ve heard more than once that they miss paella!!

In the afternoon we stayed in the school for sports and activities. Lucia, Laura and Alex opted to watch a film - Slumdog Millionaire, while Mar and Paula decided to do a radio workshop. They recorded short interviews with people in English which they then made into a collage of interview questions.

This evening the girls chose not to go to the dog racing excursion but to stay at home and relax instead.

Another sunny day in Dublin! We started off with class as usual and then in the afternoon we went to a small village on the outskirts of Dublin called Malahide. This is a small village by the coast. It is home to a beautiful castle and a guide took us around where we learned about its history.

The castle is surrounded by beautiful green gardens which we admired for a while and we even saw a rabbit! We were also lucky enough to see a bride and groom having photos taken just after their wedding!

In the evening we went to Dun Laoghaire which is a habour village in the south of Dublin. We walked along the pier and ate ice cream!