Ireland 2020

cultural capital 2020 Eyre Square river Corrib about to burst its banks Ed Sheeran`s Galway  beautiful Irish coast    windy morning  beware Cliffs of Moher cliffhangers best coachdriver ever afternoon pasttimes mermaid princess our three male students time to go home farewell Galway- we had a blast

enthusiastic tour guide busker singing Molly Malone for us author of The Dubliners

15.3.2020 LAST DAY IN DUBLIN AND THE JOURNEY BACK Unfortunately we only spent one night in Generator hostel - with  lots of other young people from all over the world. We loved lively Dublin with all the beautiful sights, the very many hen and stag night crowds and the endless options to shop and entertain yourselves. After a bit of a sleep-in on that Sunday morning, we had a good breakfast, together with our entire class. Before enjoying the city one last time, we had already packed our cases and put the luggage into storage     to be prepared for a quick departure at noon.                 As soon as we arrived at the airport we met the other two classes from our school that took the same flight home .We all expected some trouble at Munich airport or at the the border due to the outbreak of Covid-19. But in the end nobody was really interested in us and we had lots of fun during our trip home - without any complication

Off to Dublin We set our alarm for 6:29 am after that we grabbed our stuff and our host family drove us to our coach where we met our classmates. We were not too sad about leaving.Honestly, our host "family" was not that nice. It consisted of one old woman who didn’t care about us and only did what was necessary to get the money. It all started badly anyway cause we were kept waiting on the coach on the day of our arrival because she seemed to have forgotten about us coming. We had no wifi, slept on rock hard beds and she barely turned on the heater but at least the food was solid. The house itself was pretty old, had one bathroom and one faucet with drinkable water. That’s why we really anticipated our stay in the hostel in Dublin. At 8 am our coach departed from Galway and at 10:10 am we arrived in Dublin. We checked in at Generator hostel which is conveniently located and the teachers allowed us to explore the city for a little while. Sadly we saw a lot of ho