Going Abroad (Ireland?)

As we have to go abroad, and I’m really looking forward to spending some time in a foreign country, I was pondering where to go and what to do. Australia, US, UK…??? There are several points to choose from but to be honest I’ve never considered Ireland as an opportunity.

The reason is simple. If you want to work in Ireland, which I would prefer instead of studying abroad, a lot depends on the “who do you know”. Last week we mentioned this important point in our Jaywalking with the Irish presentation. In my case I had no helpful connections to Ireland until last Saturday.

I was working as usual. However, I met a nice couple, who are friends of my boyfriend’s father. We had a typical chat about what I’m studying and so on. After some time it turned out that one of them is working in Ireland, or rather his company has an exchange program with Ireland, Kilkenny. My delighted facial expression must have signalised that I would love to spend a period of time there, so he promised me that he’ll try to find some work for me.

Presumably he’ll call me today or tomorrow and as soon as I get further details I’ll let you know.

London

After having a great time in Brighton, we decided to go London. Well, this city was more demanding than Brighton because we did (and you definitely should) a looooot of sightseeing.

Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus (which is also where we stayed in a backpackers hostel), Tower Bridge, Downing Street, London Eye, Harrods, Oxford Street (for shopaholics), St. James Park, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square etc.
And the most amazing thing --> we did it in just one day, by rain and without using one of these expensive (less adventurous) sightseeing buses :) but there was still time for shopping, exploring the local pubs and eating!

Brighton

Have you ever been to Brighton? It is a really lovely town, which is located on the south coast of England. In February my friend Nika and I decided to make the best of our semester break, so we headed to Brighton!

Sightseeing was done within one hour because beside the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Pier, there isn't really much more worth seeing. BUT the night life, shopping and relaxing is fabulous :).


This club in fact doesn't look that spectacular but trust me the music was so great that we could have danced the whole night. Unfortunately, the English think that 2 am is the right time to go home even if you’re having an amazing time :(!!! We didn't mind .... (we had 3 days to continue)















The only low point of our trip was the food. Having an unbalanced diet (consisting of fish & chips, McDonald's or Burger King and disgusting Chinese food) we couldn't await to have some delicious salad with pumpkin seed oil!!!!!