Hi guys,
today comes the promised pictures from the room in our apartment, where I sleep, in the university court. I have this room, for the 2 months, with Martin.
Schlagwort: accommodation
Our accommodation
Hi guys,
today I show you our accommodation in the „university court“. I live with Christian, Timo, Kevin, Roxana and my roommate Martin there.
The accommodation lies between 2 churches, but fortunately they seem do not to bell. 
Cool too on our accommodation is, that I have only 10min footpath to my work.
In the next lines follow pictures from our accommodation.
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This was a small insight into our four walls. 
I think that I show pictures of my room and our view over the city in a later post.
Best regards from Belfast
Benjamin
Cleaning Day
Today is cleaning day. During the last few days we created a plan for cleaning and today we put it into practice. Every one of us got a task and the tasks are alternating every weekend. Today Tobi had to clean the kitchen, Tim had to wipe the floors, René had clean the bathroom (1st floor) and I had to clean the other bathroom on the main floor. Everyone did a good and accurate job. The whole apartment looks very clean. It feels good and it is important to us to have clean, good smelling and hygienic living room. I feel reassured that I am living with people who have the same claims about this area. Besides it was funny to see the guys doing their jobs.
The first 24 hours
After a smooth flight from Berlin Schönefeld to Dublin and a … hm … let’s call it „dynamic“ bus ride we arrived at the Europa Bus Centre in Belfast at approximately 23:15 (UTC). María Gonzales, one of our contact persons here in Belfast, picked us up there and organized some taxis to bring us to our new homes for the next two months. Oliver, René, Tobias and I live in the Somerset Mews Townhouses in the centre of Belfast.
Today we had an induction meeting at RSM Tenon (the company which planned our work experience and supports us here in Belfast) with Kevin Shine, another of our contact persons and our supervisor here, where we got some general information about Belfast and Nothern Ireland as well as more specific information on our work placements.
After the induction Kevin and me took a cab to go to my job interview at Translink, the public transport provider in Northern Ireland, where I was told about general facts of the work at Translink, the current projects and my possible tasks. I will start tomorrow at 9 o’clock.
In my next post I will tell you something about my first day(s) at Translink …
My first impressions about Belfast
Hey folks!
This is our second evening here in Belfast. The flight was quite calm and without any problems. When we arrived at Dublin Airport, we had to wait about thirty minutes for the bus to Belfast and arrived at 11:30 p.m.. Maria, who is one of our contact persons, ordered some taxis, which took us to our apartments. I share my apartment with Oliver, Tim and Tobias. We have two single rooms and one double room. Our apartment is very comfortable, offering a washing machine, water boiler, automatic dishwasher and a cooker. The apartment is very clean and we all are very satisfied.
Today, we had a meeting with Kevin, who told us some facts and responsibilities concerning our stay in Northern Ireland. Kevin is a really nice guy, who seems to be really interested in ensuring that we all have a really good time in Belfast.
We already walked a lot, so we’ve already seen many streets and shops of Belfast, which is a city with a very special charm. People are very friendly and try to help each other. When we were looking for the correct bus, a man asked us, where we want to go and helped us to find the way. Another man standing next to us noticed our conversation and asked us, where we are from, afterwards he told us to have a good time in Ireland.
So my first impression about Belfast is a really good one. People are friendly, the accomodation is really satisfying and tomorrow, I will have my first day at Steria, the company I will work at during the next eight weeks.
So, I think tomorrow or on Wednesday I will tell you something about my first day at work.
Till later then
René
