… is going to Ethiopia to teach for six months! I have been accepted as a short term associate with the mission organisation SIM Australia and have been accepted as a teacher at Bingham Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for their first semester of the 2011/12 school year (August until December 2011). My official role … [Read More »]
Day 6 and 7: Cork – Blarney Castle – Spanish Point
Eugene, our bus driver for today, collected us from the hostel just before 9am and took us out to Cobh to the Queenstown museum which features displays to do with the migration of the Irish to America and Australia. It discusses reasons for the migration, including the transportation of convicts to Australia, and the conditions … [Read More »]
Day 5: Dublin – Kilkenny – Cork
We were collected by Michael Lyons, our bus driver, at about 11am and headed on our journey to Cork , via the town of Kilkenny. It was a picturesque journey through what is clearly quite good farming country. Micheal told us that we were travelling through an area that just this week had held a … [Read More »]
Day 4: Dublin
This morning we visited the archeology collection of the National Museum. This is a fascinating collection of items and I have always enjoyed visiting it. We began with an audiovisual presentation which was a detailed account of the development of crafts in Ireland over the centuries. There are examples of Viking artifacts and ancient gold … [Read More »]
Day 3: Dublin
My day began at 1pm with the discovery that I had contracted the gastro bug that has been going around… Not happy Jan! It made my day pretty tough, and I can just hope that no one else is in line to get it… The group started with a tour of the Guinness Storehouse. The … [Read More »]
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