Second day in Dublin

Today the weather was cold but it was not raining in the morning. 

As we did yesterday, we have gone to Balbriggan Station to take the train to Dublin. However, we have stopped in Tara Station because we were going to start our adventure in Trinity College.

At Trinity College a graduation was taking part. We have played an interviewing game in which we have to get some information about the different degrees that you can study there, so we have asked to the just graduated students. We have been talking to them and we have noticed that a person can study more than one hundred degrees there!

 

 

 

We have also had the chance of speaking with the proffessor who was in charge of giving the degrees. She was a very nice woman, and she has been spoken to us a lot. She has also let us to take a photo with her. 

 

 

Later, we have visited The Book of Kells and the old library of the Trinity College, an enormous library with thousands of books. 

We have learnt how the Book of Kells was made, who made it and why is so important nowadays.

The library was amazing! You could see thousands of books around you, books everywhere! Along the whole gallery, there were a lot of famous writers, politicians, philosophers sculptures. We have asked about the different letters we could see both sides of the gallery, and the guardian has explained to us that they were the beginning letters of the book titles and that they used them to find where is each book. 

 

The next stop has been The Wax Museum. We have walked around the Irish history, we have met famous writers, politicians and sportsmen. We have also learnt different things about technology and we have been in a music studio where we have played the drums and the piano.
We have met Luke Skywalker, Superman, David Bowie, Batman and The Joker among others. It has been an awesome morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that, we have gone to Stephen's Green Park to have lunch. By the way we have gone past Molly Malone's statue and listened to a very interesting guide who has told us her story. Once at the park, we have been surrounded by dozens of pidgeons and seagulls which wanted to eat our food.  

 

To finish the day we have gone shopping. We have discovered some typical shops where we have bought presents for you. We hope you will like them!

 

Our first day in Dublin

Today we went to Dublin. 

We arrived to Connolly, Dublin's main railway station, at quarter to eleven. There, we have been split into different groups. Each group had to guide the rest of the students to different parts of the city, and once being there, they had to find out some information about that place. 

Once they have asked to different people and collect the required info, each group had to explain to the rest of us what they have learnt.

We have started at the already mentioned station and walked all along Talbot street till Dublin's Millenium Spire, the tallest sculpture in the world (120 metres tall).

We have also seen James Joyce statue, an irish novelist and poet who is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the twentieth century.

We have continued by O'Connell street, Ormond Quai and we have crossed Ha'penny bridge arriving to Temple Bar.





In that place, we went into the bar where the group U2 started playing music. There was a young boy there, playing the guitar. Maybe, he will be as famous as U2 one day.

The next group has guided us to the Christ Church Cathedral and there, we have could listen to a marvellous choir. We have also visited the crypt and we have seen a rat and and cat mummified. They were trapped into an organ pipe while the cat was chasing the rat

 

After that, we went to the Trinity College Library and we had lunch there. We ate our sandwiches next to a lot of university students and we felt how the life of a university student must be.

At half past four, we went back to Balbriggan. Today, the day has been exhausting!

Skerries and Malahide

Second day in Ireland!!

Today our trip has started at Balbriggan's train station. We caught the train at quarter to ten and just five minutes later, we arrived to Skerries. It is a beautiful shore village which was St Patrick's first settlement in Ireland.

We went to the beach and, while we were searching for shells, we saw a seal!! It was far from the coast, and at the begining we thought it was a shark, because we only could see something grey in the water.  

Later, we visited the giant windmills from the 16th century. Two of the Skerries' Mills were used for grinding corn.

At half past one, we have gone to the station again to go to Malahide Castle. 

Malahide Castle is a magnificent castle set on 250 acres of parkland and dated in the 12th century. The castle is surrounded by big gardens with more than 5000 species.

At half past four we came back to Balbriggan and we have spent a few minutes there before meeting our families again. 

Today has been a great day and we have walked 10 km!

Having fun!

A short video with some funny moments of our day!

Ireland VIII has just started!

Our trip has started!!

We woke up really early this morning to be at school at quarter to seven in the morning. We were excited and very nervous about the great adventure we were going to begin!

We have spent almost three hours in a bus just to arrive to El Prat, Barcelona's Airport. There, we cheked in our luggage and we ate our lunch quickly, because we had to pass the security controls before boarding.

For some of us, it was our first flight, the takeoff and the landing were terrific and the whole experience has been amazing!!

After two hours and a half flying over Spain, the Cantabrian Sea, France, the English Channel, UK and the Celtic Sea, the plane touched down at Dublin's Airport. The flight was great, but the weather here is rainny. 

We have met our families and now, we are spending time with them. 

Tomorrow, more adventures will be waiting for us!

Here there are some of the pictures we took.