First English lessons in Ireland and Galway tour

 First English lessons in Ireland and Galway tour

Today was our first day at the Atlantic Language School and even though going to school doesn't normally fill most students' hearts with joy, the vast majority stated that they had really enjoyed the English classes there. Around lunchtime, we were once more allowed to do whatever we wanted. Then we had a guided tour through Galway and found out many interesting things about the city - especially some old Irish legends are just fascinating!

 

Galway is a very interesting city, and in general, it differs quite a lot from Dublin: People seem to be a lot more laid-back, they are way more talkative and polite and cab drivers don't have the desire to kill students (some of us nearly got run over in Dublin!). However, there are also quite a few similarities: the city has this typical "Irish" vibe to it, the people are incredibly open and honestly no pedestrian pays attention to traffic lights. As one Dubliner once told me: "Traffic lights are just recommendations - everybody interprets them differently." You could interpret traffic lights in Ireland the following way:

RED = you can cross the street, just make sure that nobody could potentionally kill you

ORANGE = utter danger! Try to run for your life unless you want to get run over

GREEN = sometimes even more dangerous than red, because some angry drivers may kill you with their angry looks.

This evening we spent either at our host family's or meeting friends, which was great fun.

Tomorrow, we are going to the Cliffs of Moher, so you can look forward to some beautiful pictures!

Good night and xo

Disclaimer: The author does not advise anybody to infringe the road traffic regulations.