{"id":159,"date":"2018-04-03T23:55:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T21:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/?p=159"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T07:48:34","slug":"a-smile-is-always-the-best-form-of-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/2018\/04\/03\/a-smile-is-always-the-best-form-of-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8222;A smile is always the best form of introduction.&#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(quote from an unknown author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd of April in 2018<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the holiday is over. I was bored because, when I arrived nearly every shop was closed. But to my surprise some shops were open. It is different than Germany. I like it. I can buy stuff even when there is a banking holiday<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-168 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Intern-Europe-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Intern-Europe-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Intern-Europe-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Intern-Europe-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Intern-Europe.jpeg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">InternEurope office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>InternEurope organised an introduction meeting at their office. All participants get together at 10 a.m. The staff members talked about formalities and answered our questions. Knowledge, which I gain, was about Belfast quarters. The city has five quarters, which are cultural areas.<br \/>\n&#8211; City Centre<br \/>\n&#8211; Cathedral Quarter (North Belfast)<br \/>\n&#8211; Titanic Quarter (East Belfast)<br \/>\n&#8211; Queen\u00b4s Quarter (South Belfast)<br \/>\n&#8211; Gaeltacht Quarter (West Belfast)<br \/>\nLater I will discover the sights; I can tell more about the different Quarters of Belfast.<br \/>\nOne of the staff members did a small city tour with us.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/City-Hall.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belfast City Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She introduced us some sights or parts of Queen\u00b4s Area, i.e. Belfast City Hall, a cinema and the Visit Belfast Welcome Centre Tourist Information. The last one is a small centre opposite to Belfast City Hall, which has a lot of information about accommodation, visitors attraction, transport and so on but also souvenirs. We went into it to gather some information. Some of us bought a ticket for the bus or the train. Luckily I don&#8217;t need one. My workplace is 15 minutes far away (It is about 0.8 miles = 1,29 km). Then Jenny, Dominik, Phi, Tim, Son and me decided to go to Tesco Superstore. Cause of heavy rain we took a taxi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/Taxi.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">going by taxi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afterwards, I went home, rested a bit, checked my e-mails and did some researches about Belfast sights or possible places for a weekend to discover Belfast.<br \/>\nBecause of my high ability to take decisions ( *cough cough* not really), we had to decide by toss where we will have dinner.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-159-1\" width=\"160\" height=\"290\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/M\u00fcnzwurf.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/M\u00fcnzwurf.mp4\">https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/M\u00fcnzwurf.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>We invited Jakob to\u00a0have Chilli con Carne with us. He is one of the former classmates of another class of my grammar school. It seems the world is small like a village. And now he is my classmate of another class as well. By cutting three chilli, I burnt my fingers. But it was worth it. The Chilli con Carne was excellent. The first time I cried at my meal because of too much spicy and maybe of much fun as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinirland2018\/files\/2018\/04\/chilli-con-carne.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spicy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, parlour games aren&#8217;t allowed to miss. Robert and Giuliano came over and played Uno and &#8218;Der Gro\u00dfe Dalmuti&#8216; with us. It was fun. Half past ten p.m. Tim had to *throw us out*. Tomorrow our first day at work will start, so we need to get rest. I am looking forward to tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>-Huong Giang-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote from an unknown author) 3rd of April in 2018: Finally, the holiday is over. I was bored because, when I arrived nearly every shop was closed. But to my surprise some shops were open. It is different than Germany. I like it. 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