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Juli 2012 Inhalt Dublin Juli 2012 Inhalt Wochenprogramm............................................................................................................ 2 The Dublin Diary............................................................................................................... 3 Short Presentations........................................................................................................10 A brief History of Dublin: From the Vikings to the English.............................................10 Dublin today: Facts, Figures, Trivia.....................................................................................12 The General Post Office...........................................................................................................13 The Garden of Remembrance: Ireland’s Fight for Independence ...................................14 A Walk in Howth.......................................................................................................................15 The Gaelic Language: A Crash Course..................................................................................16 Irish Folklore: Myths and Legends........................................................................................17 Irish Folklore: Music and Dance............................................................................................19 Religion in Ireland: St Patrick and Catholicism ................................................................20 Dublin, a City of Literary Tradition .....................................................................................21 Interviews..........................................................................................................................22 Favourites Spots of the Locals in Dublin.............................................................................22 Travelling of the Irish people ................................................................................................23 Fashion in Dublin .....................................................................................................................24 The Best Beer in Ireland .........................................................................................................25 The School System in Ireland.................................................................................................26 Modern Dubliners: Creative Writing........................................................................27 Charity........................................................................................................................................27 Chastity ......................................................................................................................................29 Diligence ....................................................................................................................................31 Humility - Orange Sparks .......................................................................................................33 Impatience.................................................................................................................................35 The Lonesome............................................................................................................................38 Temperance ...............................................................................................................................40 1 1912 - DUBLIN - 2012 Arbeitswoche der Klasse MW5i Wochenprogramm Sonntag, 1. Juli: Anreise, Bezug des Hotels, Rundgang nördlich des Liffey (General Post Office, Garden of Remembrance, Smithfield), Beginn der Gruppenarbeiten, gemeinsames Abendessen im Pub Montag, 2. Juli: 10:30 Besuch des Trinity College City Walk Creative Writing: Modern Dubliners Gruppenarbeiten Dienstag, 3. Juli: 10:30 James Joyce Walking Tour and Workshop Abstecher nach Howth Creative Writing: Modern Dubliners Gruppenarbeiten Mittwoch, 4. Juli: Ausflug an die Küste nach Dun Laoghaire und Sandycove zum Martello Tower Nachmittag zur freien Verfügung Gemeinsames Abendessen, The Irish House Party Donnerstag, 5. Juli: Gruppenarbeiten Abschluss Präsentation der Ergebnisse der Arbeitswoche Guinness Walk Besuch des Guinness Storehouse Freitag, 6. Juli: Heimreise 2 The Dublin Diary Sunday, July 1st Of course, Waking up at 5 am was way too early. However, it was worth it. After meeting at the airport at 7.30 am and checking in we finally took off. Even though it was the first flight for Lia, she wasn't nervous at all instead she slept through the whole flight. Two hours later the sun welcomed us in Dublin, Ireland. Fortunately, we didn't have any troubles finding our bags so we took the transfer which brought us to our hotel in the northern part of Dublin. After leaving our luggage at the hotel we went off to see the Garden of Remembrance. There Dennis told us some basic and funny facts about Dublin. Sometime later Alex and Michael Stucki intro- duced us to the topic of Irish independence. Apparently the presentation was so good that even an elderly gentleman joined us. After the trip we were all quite hungry and the teachers led us go to grab lunch. Most of us enjoyed an Asian all you can eat buffet for just 7 euros. It was delicious and quite filling. After lunch we had some time left to enjoy ourselves. The girls took off to go shopping being in a fabulous mood due to the low prices while the boys probably did the same. All together again, we walked along the Liffey which is a rather dirty river. At least most of us thought so. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at one of the Irish tourist shops called Car- roll’s to buy some typical Irish souvenirs. At the hotel we all had time to relax a little and to regain energy to be prepared for the EM Final 2012 which we were watching at a typical Irish pub. Spain vs. Italy!! While the most of us were cheering for Spain we still had some true Italian followers which were eager to win. UNFORTUNATELY, Italy couldn't manage to score any goal and lost against Spain down to 4. Poor Mr. Sottile... 3 Monday, July 2 nd At 8 am almost all of us managed somehow to get out of bed and meet to eat breakfast. Then we went to the General Post Office in Dublin where Kees and David started off with a presentation about it. After that, Jeremiah told us something about the statue in the front hall of the post office and the legend behind it. There, many took the chance to buy stamps to send a postcard back home. On the way to the Trin- ity College we stopped by a supermarket to get lunch and went by the red-light district which was surprisingly one of the prettier districts of Dublin. At the Trinity College itself we had a guided tour leading us all around the campus. We even had the chance to go inside of one of the teaching buildings which looked exactly like the entrance hall of Hogwarts. Also, we got to see the book of Kells and the impressive library which is at least as good as the one in St Gallen if not better. Our guide told us two very interesting points. The first was about the two identical side buildings of the college. One is a chapel where also celebrations are hold. The other is the exam hall. Ac- cording to the current students but also to the ones that have already graduated the exam hall is hell while the chapel is heaven. The other point is a legend. It talks about the old principal of the college. He was supposed to have said that he would just let girls into the college over his dead body. Sometime later he died and it is said that his body was buried beneath the only girl’s entrance of the college. By the time we finished it started pouring out of nowhere like crazy. Now we know how it feels like to be Irish. The last stop of the day brought us to a beautiful park where Myllena presented her knowledge about the Irish literature. It was noticeable that Myllena admires Irish literature and that she truly knows who James Joyce is. 4 Tuesday, July 3rd After breakfast we went to the James Joyce Centre, where a workshop and a guided tour waited for us. Divided into two groups, one group started with the James Joyce tour while the others started with a workshop about "The Dead" from Dubliners. The guided tour lasted about an hour and then we changed the activity. The main opinion was that the workshop was better than the tour because one could see how James Joyce connected several elements from Dublin within Dub- liners. We could recognize things we didn't thought of yet, this was mainly due to the unknown geographic influence of Dublin in Dubliners. On the way to the rail station to go to Howth we grabbed some lunch. Arrived at Howth we start- ed a long walking journey guided by Oliver and Daniel. At the beginning we had a nice view at the sea. Unfortunately, when we made our way to the top of the hill it started pouring like hell and we couldn't take the way near the cliff. We had to take the paved way going through the suburbs. Therefore, we weren't able to see anything from the coast just some expensive housing. At the end of our three hour wet walking tour we were all glad to arrive at the train station in Howth. However, we lost three of us but they returned eventually. At the hotel everyone was exhausted by the long journey and relaxed a bit to regain energy for the evening program. After waiting for our teachers a little bit Mr Sottile got the tickets for the Irish House Party and after another half an hour we went inside to enjoy typical Irish folklore music. It was very interest-
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