EIL Intercultural Learning

Hey everyone! I came back on Saturday into Dublin airport. It's very strange to be back home, but also good! It's a bit weird not speaking german now. I have improved my german so much, and I have much more confidence now. I have made friends for life in Germany. I will defiently visit Germany again, and my friends are coming over to Ireland next year also. On the flight home I reflected about everything I did in the past 2 months. It has been a trip that I will never forget. I loved the routine I had everyday, and the german way of life.

Hey everyone! I'm here 7 weeks in Germany now and have only 4 days left. I have so much more confidence now than I had before I came. I am much more comfortable with speaking the german language now. I have learned so much here that I couldn't possibly have learned in my 3 years for the Junior Certificate. It's just very different than learning it in a classroom, because you are hearing and speaking german constantly everyday. Also, there are words and phrases I have learned here that I wouldn't have at home!

Hey everyone! I have been here now for over 6 weeks in Germany. Everything is great here. I have done loads since my last blog. Last Saturday I visited a bunker in Ahrweiler that was made when Germany was divided into east and west. It was very interesting. It was never used though. On Sunday I went to Koblenz and went on a tour around a castle. Yesterday I went with my host sister Nina to Königswinter. It was a place where we got a tram up to a small mountain. We got to see some magnificent views of Bonn city and the River Rhine. It was breathtaking.

Hey everyone!

Hi everyone!

Hallo! Guten Abend!

Hallo! Gutentag!

It's coming up to a week since I arrived here in Deutshland. I am still a little homesick. Okay a lot. I miss all my friends and family and my b.f. very much but school is going very well here. I have to admit I am totally lost in some classes. I am just sitting there looking up. Sehr lustig! In biology we are studying photosynthesis (Fotosynthese). It is very hard to understand!

It's my second day here in Germany. I flew into Cologne/Bonn airport yesterday. It was a short flight at only one hour and thirty minutes long. I am feeling a bit homesick at the moment but that shall pass once I get settled in. My host family are lovely and so helpful. It's very different to Ireland. The buildings are very different and there are lots of wine farms around the area.