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Lovely start on the flight from Berlin to Dublin.

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The river that runs through Galway. Rainy day, as per norm in Galway.

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Turned 180 degrees from previous picture. The river flows into the bay and then the sea.

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Downtown Galway. Sort of Northampton -like.

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There are a lot of salons etc. in Galway - many of which are for men!

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Another street scene.

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This is walking along the river in the direction of the bay. The wall is part of the Spanish Arch (see below).

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Turned 180 from before. Only truly sunny day I had there, and that was only in the afternoon.

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The Spanish Arch. Famous. Read all about it here: http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/todo/sights/spanisharch/

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This is going in the other direction, so, upstream. River left and still very rough despite the weather.

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More pretty things.

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See? "Hairy Legs": Salons for men! Actually, I'm not sure what this is... the building's empty now.

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Another shot of the river. So lovely.

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I took a day trip to Limerick and was very unimpressed. The drive was nice, though, lots of cows and grass and sheep.

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Helpfull pedestrian signage in Limerick. Also in Dublin. Good for us tourists who don't get "drive on the left"

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The prettiest thing I saw in Limerick...

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More helpfullness.

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A pedestrian intersection in Limerick.

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Great advertisement... to the left is a church (or church bookshop or something), and this is for a barbershop nextdoor.

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Go watch "Once" - great movie. This harpest is in Galway, and she was wonderful.

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New Year's Eve I went to the Aran Islands, specifically Inis Mor. Coast of Ireland in background.

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It slowly become almost sunny as the ferry went across. It was.... wow. How pretty can things get?

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Very pretty, it seems! I rented a bike (!!!) and spent the day riding around Inis Mor. This is part of the beach.

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I was the only one up in this direction. I walked for a while along the coast - so breathtaking I couldn't leave.

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Typical Inis Mor (and also very typical Irish, or West Irish)... "stone walls and the grass is green..."

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I spent the afternoon looking for the paths to the famous ancient forts, etc, but no luck. Fun nonetheless.

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I think it's a grave or memorial... but it's all in Gaelic. I want to learn Gaelic.

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Great dog! Wouldn't let go of the twigs, but kept fetching new ones until he couldn't hold any more in his mouth.

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Cute kitty. She's not asleep. She's being a showoff and rolling around.

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Green monster is me in rain gear.

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View from hotel window.

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The beds...

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The rest of the room...

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Palm trees! The Irish climate is ideal for them: humid, wet, warm. Many more in Galway than in Dublin, though.

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Menu at Galway hotel. I ate so much every morning I almost had no hunger the rest of the day.

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The bathroom, in the hall and technically shared, but I was the only one who used it.

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The sitting room at the hotel.

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Dublin, my first night. The river runs right through the center of the city, and at night is gorgeous.

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One of the many bridges over the river, each of which is a bit different.

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Another bridge.

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Chinese food! Oh, gosh, it's almost like Sang Kee.... Food comes with either rice or fries. Huh.

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Irish pub, Dublin. Band was okay, and the Guinness was great (if pricey).

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Dublin Castle, now administrative. Nice park with snake motifs.

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Snakes!

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Artsy snakes.

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Saint Steven's Green. Ducks. As I've never read "Ulysses," it was just a nice park to me.

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More nice park.

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Bathroom in Dublin hotel. Compared to Galway, this was a major let down, but not bad when considered in hindsight.

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The bed. Across the street from hotel was a Quaker meeting. Was lovely, small, and carpet exactly the same as Cherry St

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The awkwardly placed cabinet, which I was afraid to open 'cause it might fall apart and I'd have to pay.

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Pumpkin
I carved him in preparation for an activity I'd like to do with the kiddies.

Room 1
The room was very bland, very plain. That's my yoga mat on the ground and a map of Magdeburg on it.

Room 2
again

Room 3
again

Room 4
again

Room 5
The bed.... not very comfy at all.

Herrenkrug 1
These are the Schildkroten (Turtles), a group of the 3rd/4th graders.

Herrenkrug 2
As a finale for their project about trees, we went to Herrenkrug Park, sorta like Fairmont Park.

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The park is very lovely, but sadly it was a wet and sticky day. The teachers are Silke (l) and Thimmi (r).

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I met the class in Herrenkrug, but went back with them to the school on the trolley.

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So, that's us waiting for the right trolley to come. :-)

Waiting 1
Waiting at the trainstation in Magdeburg.

Waiting 2
More waiting...

Room 1
I shared a room with Cathrin and Steffi. It was cold there all the time, but aside from that reasonably nice.

Room 2
The room from the door.

Bench
People, chilling out.

Driveway


Cat 1
The kitty is named Luli -- sounds sorta like a gutteral Lily.

Cat 2
She was cuddly and adorable...

Cat 3
... and very kittenish!

Cat 4
Attacking Robert's shirt.

Dining Hall
We ate many a yummy meal here. Only a skyline was missing ;-) [... for mom and dad.]

Cat 5
She wasn't supposed to come inside, but *shrug*

Project Management 1
We were in groups and created fictive projects, financial plans, etc.

Project Management 2
It was long, tedious, and pretty boring.

Project Management 3
My group (not this one) designed a super-modern-postmodern art heap in a public park. Somehow we didn't any funding :-/

Fruit 1
Karamba brought a lot of fruit with him to show how we eat stuff from all over the world, importance of foreign things.

Fruit 2
This is the seminar room where we were daily.

Fruit 3
We learned how to open coconuts!

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Enjoying the fruits of our labor...

Activity 1
Activity is a game, a cross between pictionary and charades. It's a lot of fun!

Activity 2
And also can result in hilarity.

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Even Janett, our new project coordinator, joined in.

Cat 6
Luli drank some coffee. Stupid pook.

Cat 7
We gave the hyperactive kitty a ping-pong ball.

Cat 8
:-)

Cat 9
A very good hunter.

Cat 10
After chasing that ball, she earned her dinner.

Bench 2
More chilling.

Bench 3
Phuong and Steffi