Students speaking:

I have invited my students to give their opinion on their class, homestay or sightseeing and to share their experience. Some of them have been nice enough to share. The texts are authentic: I don't edit them and don't correct any mistakes.

( Перевод мой)))

Michael Bogorov:

It is very hard to live with them because i have to speak only english, i do not have a choose, even i do not know any words...it is very complicated...But i have neighbor, who helps me and show the city, he is from Switzerland and he will show me the road to my school tomorrow. By the way, he is english teacher, i am very lucky, he corrects my mistakes! 

(Очень трудно жить, когда все время по-английски говорить приходится. А с соседом повезло: это учитель английского из Щвейцарии, он и дорогу покажет, и ошибки исправит!)))

Nastya Demicheva:

 We have our nice tiny room (with a little space) and our bathroom. We've just talked about being late for classes, so we arranged to have our breakfast alone (with everything we need left for us) and to go by a 7.47 train. The CCT building is the nearest to the station.

We have a nice family: Hugh, Mary, their two dogs... And five daughters) Actually, only one of them (Clodagh) lives here, they are all adults now. Lola, a girl from Spain, is leaving us on Thursday, and a nineteen-year-old guy is arriving this Saturday. Also from Spain. So we have practice not only in English, but in Spanish a bit too. There aren't any problems or arguments. We discuss almost everything.

We got to know REAL IRISH ACCENT on Sunday. If I am not mistaken, Clodagh's boyfriend is from the countryside. He tried to talk to us. We couldn't understand anything at all.

Today we went to St Patrick's cathedral, which was built in the XII century and restorated by Guiness family in 1860s. It is so beautiful... Not only the windows, of course. Also there are some people buried, including some soldiers of the First World War and Jonathan Swift. Talking about the Guiness family, the guide's story sounded like that family used to do everything everywhere.

(Замечательная семья: 5 дочерей, но они уже взрослые и дома живет только одна. 2 собаки. В доме живет еще одна студентка из Испании, но она в субботу уезжает, а заселится мальчик 19 лет, тоже из Испании. Так что мы и испанский потихоньку  осваиваем.)) а вот настоящий ирландский акцент нам оказался не по силам: к Клоде заехал ее молодой человек, из ирландской глубинки - мы вообще ни слова не понимали)))

Nastya Bushina:

I just want to tell you about my host family. Everything is okey. She really likes us because of fluent English. There no problems at all. We are speaking English all the time. We have breakfasts and dinners, our own room and bathroom. So we are satisfied with everything. 

(Все прекрасно, короче: семья, комната, ванная, завтраки и обеды. По-английски говорим не переставая, и хорошо, бегло говорим, за что нас и любят)))

Michael Bogorov:

 And today i was in the cinema, it was great!) Only english!) 

(А я в киношку сегодня ходил, понравилось! Английский, английский и еще раз английский!)))

Betty Urchukova:

Where to begin?
First of all, my host family is great. She has to lovely girls. We spent Sunday walking in the park. We saw squirrels there but they were too frightened and didn't come to us. A great surprise for me was that there is a piano at my host family's house. Laura who is my host mother can play the piano very we'll. Her favorite song is The Love Story. They also sad they liked the music I'd played sitting by the piano.
The second thing is that the only excursion I've been on was The Leprechaun Museum. It was funny: there were enormous chairs and tables so it looked like we were tiny.
In conclusion I want to say that I'm enjoying my stay at Ireland and everything is going well.

(Семья замечательная, две очаровательные дочки. В воскресенье гуляли в парке, видели белок, только они пугливые. К моему великому удивлению, в доме оказалось пианино, Лаура прекрасно играет. Я тоже сыграла: им понравилось)))

Сходила пока только на одну экскурсию- The Leprechaun Museum:прикольно! Там стоят огромные столы и стулья, а люди кажутся карликами.))) 

Liuba Nemezhikova:

I send you some photos , if you want and need you can use them in your blog.

I am shocked to see a lot of seagulls.

(Любу впечатлили чайки)))

Nastya Demicheva:

This is the photo of our tiny room. We have two beds, a small desk, a wardrobe and our bathroom, so it is comfortable for us.

We went to see the port.

Actually, it was a long walk to the port, we even wanted to go to the pearse, but it was dangerous to go further. The port itself is very nice, and the weather was wonderful. There is something like a monument in the last photos: it is about people running from Dublin by sea during the First World War, if I am not mistaken.

Here are the photos of our walk. Unfortunately, it would be dangerous if we went to the pearse, but I am sure it would be wonderful there.

Talking about the exhibition in the Science department of Trinity College, it wasn't as impressive as we expected, I wouldn't advise anybody to visit this place, after the planetarium in Moscow it can be a bit dull.

The Riverdance show was marvellous. I liked both singing and dancing, and for maybe one moment I regretted refusing to sing some years ago, because I know that I can develop and improve the voice skills. The dancing looks simple, but I am absolutely sure that the background (the rehearsals) is very hard for those who perform on stage.

It is 00:36 now, so I am switching off the internet and going to sleep. Looking forward to hearing from you.

 (Наконец-то фото комнатки, нам она нравится)) ванная отдельная. Ходили гулять в порт Дублина: зрелище незабываемое! Хотели бы пройти дальше по пирсу, но это могло быть опасно. Жаль! 

Научное отделение Тринити Колледжа нас невпечатлило: после московского планетария смотреть там нечего. 

Риверданс бесподобен!!! Вот тут-то я и пожалела, что несколько лет назад отказалась заниматься пением(( я могла бы совершенствоваться в этом направлении... Танцы кажутся несложными, но я знаю, сколько нужно было работать, чтобы так танцевать!)