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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
We are the second generation of BIE students in our school. We are part of the promotion who arrived at this school in 2016. Three of us joined the class last year, and we have become good friends, as well as classmates.
We are the promotion of confinement because of COVID, the bachillerato of masks in class and endless currents of air.
We read our dissertations last Wednesday and have been saving for ages. Looking for something special in hard times, we found Dubin.
This is the diary of our adventures:
DAY ONE
DAY ONE
We got up at 3am. Bus at 4am. Airport at 8am. Plane at 11am. Bus at 13:35pm. Hostel at 2:30pm. Lunch at 3pm. Walk around the city until 8pm. Dinner at 9pm.
That'd what you'd call a day!
spring in dublin
spring in dublin
Dublin got us really excited!! When gettitng off the plane, we realised that Ireland was a paralel world where masks don't exist.
a visit to a friend
a visit to a friend
It is a tradition here to touch her cleavage for good luck.
We don't know he song, but we surely know the tradition!
GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
The sons of Lir were turned into swans. The statue presides the garden of rememerance.
DAY 2
DAY 2
The day started with 7 students arriving late for breakfast, and they were no free tables left. Then, we had to hurry up to...
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Starting by a 15m long, 2000 year-old boat, we travelled from prehistory to medieval times, passing by Egypt or the Viking's culture, discovered the truth about the battle of Clontarf and Brian Boru, saw the magnificient treasure or Tara ... too much to gather much, really!
NATIONAL GALLERY
NATIONAL GALLERY
We enjoyed amazing paintings from authors such as Monet, Velázquez, Picasso or Caravaggio. There were also beautiful Irish paintings. Unfotunately, the teacher's favourite, by F.W. Burton, was not on display that day!
GUINNESS STOREHOUSE
GUINNESS STOREHOUSE
We've been shown the process of the Guinness' beer fabrication; and we also had the chance to try some of it (alcohol free of course).
Guinness recipe: (Water, barley, hops and yeast: shake well and wait till you're 18!)
Lesson of the day: ALWAYS take two roomcards to the showers and ALWAYS tell the teacher where you are.
oSCAR WILDE SAID
oSCAR WILDE SAID
"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast".
"Being natural is simply a pose".
day 3
day 3
The day started with the teacher arriving late for breakfast. We were down first and had booked a table. The Hostel is rather busy at breakfast time.
THE BOOK OF KELLS
THE BOOK OF KELLS
We think that young scribes wrote it, because they had great eyesight for complicated patterns.
They were great designers, too.
TRINITY COLLEGE
TRINITY COLLEGE
We went through the bell tower of the Trinity College, what is meant to make us pass every single exam of what is left of the school year.
EBAU, HERE WE COME!
THE LONG ROOM
THE LONG ROOM
200,000 old books live here.
Angela wondered how they could possibly read so much, in the XVIII century!
We can forgive her. It is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.
THE HOUSE MUSEUM OF LITERATURE
THE HOUSE MUSEUM OF LITERATURE
We learnt in many ways about James Joyce's life and works. They told us about Irish writing and writers in many imaginative ways. For our teacher, this house was paradise!
We found our own Paradise
DAY FOUR
DAY FOUR
Welcome to Dublin Castle. State home to all the English viceroys in Ireland, and much more ...
The leaders of the Easter Rising were brought here in April 1916.
James Colonny was hurt in his leg. They waited a few days until he could stand.
We also had a casualty today. that's why we are six, instead of seven heroes.
All the same, we read the Declaration of Independence of Ireland in memorial of those "Certain men the English shot." (W.B. Yeats)
DAY FIVE
DAY FIVE
During the last day of our trip in Ireland we bought gifts for our relatives and also we had a last walk around the city, visiting our favorite places and remembering the great moments we have lived there for the last 5 days of our lives.
We bought chocolates for the Hostel staff, who were very helpful.
We even bought something for the teacher!
This is what Dublin does for you!
It makes you almost IRISH!
There wasn't any better way to say goodbye than having dinner in one of those famous pubs of Dublin!!
We had so much fun and we enjoyed ourselves very much. Even if we were not allowed to drink alcohol, even if somebody burnt her finger on a hot stone, even if somebody still had a temperature ... well, cheese cake for dessert made things brighter!
IN THIS PICTURE, Spain was waiting for us. Shakespeare would have say something like
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL!
Things We Have Learned in the Trip
Things We Have Learned in the Trip
- To be punctual.
- How to live with each other.
- Not to judge people by first impressions.
- That Dublin is an expensive city.
- To have a good laugh about everything.
- To have short showers.
- That Spanish people are too loud.
- What a drawing room is.
- We met Jane Austen's lover in the long room.
(But Shakespeare wasn't Irish, after all!) So, we changed the end:
James Joyce
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