Schlagwort: Dublin

First week done

Hello there,

first we (Josephine and myself) wanted to visit the sunday market at Dun Laoghaire (spelled like „Dunn Lierii“) but the weather wasn’t that nice to go out. Dun Laoghaire is a very nice area to go out. Good for myself that I work there. It’s kinda like Howth but there are more things to visit like the Bloomefield Centre, a huge shopping center with an also huge Tesco inside. There is also a nice shopping street near that center, the Lower George Street. When I’m at work I often visit that street to buy my lunch.

The work at IMEC Technologies makes a lot of fun. At the moment I repair handhelds from Motorola and nice portable barcode- and labelprinters. Jason White is my contact person there and he told me that he already had 3 german students there. I also noticed that he called me a „pro“ which means profi while he was at his phone and talked to someone else. He is a very nice person and when I had a question he explained me what to do and how to do it.

Vincent (I hope I spelled his name correctly) who also works at IMEC Technologies is also a nice guy and I already had much fun with him. I guess he tries to learn a bit german because he often wants me to translate some things into german. In my opinion is that a good training for myself to make my English more perfect.

That was the first week at Dublin and I hope that the weather gets better.

Greetings
Daniela

First Day

Hi there,

this is my first blog entry. I’m landed at Dublin Airport in the evening of Sunday. The flight with the Irish low-cost airline was quiet good and we haven’t any delay. My friend Benjamin and me have the luck, that we can go into the airpline like the we have booked the priority boarding. In the airplaine were a lot of Irish people singing, maybe british, songs.

Dublin Airport in the evening

At Dublin Airport we waited for the bus which drove us to the Europa Center in Belfast. The contact person here in Belfast ordered a few taxis which drove us to our apartment. On the whole this accommodation is very good and a the furniture is at a high level. I will talk about that later at a future time.

Yesterday we had a meeting with Kevin Shine (responsible for the jobs in Belfast) who give us a lot of information about Belfast. I also get the information that I have a meeting with Kevin and Jannik at Wednesday. We will drive together to NIBEC at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown.

So, I have quiet a lot to write about my experiences here in North Ireland. Stay tuned!

The first 24 hours

Ryanair Boeing 737-800
Ryanair Boeing 737-800

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 …