Wednesday afternoon

After the boat , we went to the town center of Killarney by horse-carriage.

We bought souvenirs ( T-shirts, posters, hats.... ) . Killarney is beautiful and the shops were really great, the weather was good ( for Ireland ) then we had a snack next to a four-stars hotel . The view was wonderful with mountains, lake, nature . Finally we came back to the center and this evening's activity is a karaoke party !!!

Baptiste, Romain, Julien

Wednesday Morning

On Tuesday evening we did  a musical blind test which was won by the teachers (I must say that we are really proud of ourselves! - Mrs Teyssieres) We think that this evening was very funny and mixing the two classes gave us a chance to know each other better. On Wednesday morning we had a hard time waking up  at 7h20 am for the rooms 3,5,11 who could do "the milking of cows". It was a very interesting experience  with some advice of our host. ( It was good but a little bit short).     
           

We had  breakfast at 8.15 am. At 9.10 am and left for Killarney , with pleasure, rain and in a good mood of course !! We arrived in Killarney around 11.00 am and we visited a modern cathedral next to a college , then we walked in  a national park as far as a lake near Ross Castle .
It was good  but it would have been better without our big friend :the rain!We took a boat around the lake and we saw some of the 26 isles that was great .
Fiona, Selma , Imadiel.

Tuesday afternoon

Hi! What did you do this afternoon in France ? What was the weather like ?
For us, this afternoon, we practiced a lot of sport like Gaelic football and hurling (very tiring!!) with a woman named Caroline.

We began with the hurling. We made some exercises with a little and very heavy ball, like a baseball ball(you know, it's very difficult for the first time!) We were lucky because the weather was cold but there wasn't rain!! Then, we made a match girls against boys and the girls won! After, we played Gaelic football.It's a mix of football, basketball, and soccer and  we used this time a different ball. We again made a match and the teachers played with us! When the activities were finished, we performed an Irish dance and we sang  for the owners. We had a nice day, we discovered the Irish culture.
Julie H., Auriane and Naura

Tuesday Morning

Hey parents! how are you ? Personnaly, we are happy but a bit tired. This morning the room number 2 (us), we had to wake up at 7h25 a.m to go to milk  the cows. First, we went to see the cows, which were  being milked. Then the farm-owner talked to us, and explained his job. (The smell was strange !!!) Finally, we went to see the baby cows. They were so cute!

At 8h30 we had breakfast, and after that we went in the activities room. We learnt an Irish dance: that was so funny!

Then we played the flute, and we sang Titanic, Molly Malone, and wild rover.

Then we had lunch.

See you soon, xoxoxo,
Julie, Juliette B., and Romane

Monday afternoon

First we visited Trinity college in Dublin, one of the oldest colleges in Ireland .

Next we crossed O'Connell street in Dublin  =>

Then we stopped in front of  the General post office of Dublin, our guide told us the story of this monument. It's the most important and famous monument of Ireland.

 Here we saw a funny pink rabbit.We took some photos with him.

After we saw Molly Malone's statue with leprechauns  next to it.

Finally,we finished with the visit of the different parts of Rock Castle.

Monday morning

  We had an appointment at 7:00 a.m in front of the school. We were tired . Then we left school and took the bus at 7:30 a.m .
We were stuck in the traffic jams. we were worried, we would arrived too late.

Florian had his identity card but he should have taken his passport.
So his father had to bring it to him at the airport. We were afraid to leave Florian behind. And Fiona lost her id so she searched for it at the airport.Mme Teyssieres was crying !!!!!! (I totally deny that - Mrs Teyssieres :)

We finally took the plane on time.  We arrived in Dublin and immediatly took another bus . We visited Dublin quickly and ate our pic-nic next to "The Book of Kells", I think.

Capucine, Juliette P & Axelle

Sunday Bloody Sunday

              

This is a song written in 1983 by Bono ( Paul Hewson) from the rockband called U2. The song refers to two tragic events in Northern Ireland. The first one took place on Sunday 30th, 1972 in Derry.. Some 20,000 civilians were marching in the town because they were protesting against the policy of the English government which had emprisoned suspected IRA sympathisers without trial. While they were demonstrating, the English army fired on the unarmed marchers, killing fourteen people, some shot in their back. In 1981, another tragic event took place in Ulster when IRA members were left to die from their hunger strike..

In this song, U2 denounces the violence of this war.

Alan: "I love the band and the song so, when we sang the song in class, it was the best school lesson of my life. Thank you U2."