Today we visited Glanmire, Co Cork, where we did an exchange. There were presentations, music, dance, food, a bit of gaelic football, a lot of soccer, some mates and alfajores and a lot of mingling. It was really great to share our cultures and experiences, and gave each group a great insight to both Ireland and Argentina!
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
Dancing!
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
CII / Fase 2 GROUP - Glanmire Exchange
On Tuesday 31st, January, Lara, Belen, Juan Santiago, Ketu, Sofia, and Romina went to a school in the city centre to see a play, which some of our friends from the drama class were performing. We were really excited about it for two reasons: 1) It would be great to meet our friends again, and 2) it was a different way of improving our English. Fernando picked us up and he took us to the school. We got there just before the play. It was called Pigtown. When it finished we all came to the conclusion that we had not understood anything at all, only a few parts that made us laugh. We did our best to find out what the play was about but we couldn't because it is really hard to understand Irish people when they are talking to each other. Of course we understand our host families and councellors because when they talk to us, they speak slower and try to be clear. However, we enjoyed it a lot as it was a new experience for us. We also must say that we were really welcomed by the students at that school.
Stewart and Jamie here, two of the actors.
And here, the whole cast.
On Saturday (1/28/12) some people from the group went to a drama class in the city centre. There they had fun with some fellows, learned some Irish dances too. Fortunately, they had kept in touch with some boys from the class and they were invited to see a play.
The play was about the history of Limerick over the past one hundred years, from the point of view of Tommy, who besides of being the main character, was a pig butcher living and working there. It was unpredictable, and the way the actors gave their lines was awesome! On the first break the Argentinian guys had the chance to congrats the Irish folks and cheer them up so that the thing kept going as well as it did. Then the second part began and despite the fact that the Irish accent was too difficult to understand everyone had fun.
After the actors and director were congratulated at the end of the play, Sofi, Lara, Juan and the others had the chance to greet the actors and take some pictures with them. After this, Fernando picked us up and drove the mini-bus back to our host family's houses. We all had such a great time and truly enjoyed it.
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