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Henrike heads home...

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After staying in Ireland for 10 months, I went back to Germany 2 weeks ago. It is a very strange feeling to be at home, I am not used to driving on the right side of a road or living with my parents anymore. I would say that the highlight of my exchange year was…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Only one month left for Henrike

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! Time flew. It is strange to know that it is already May and that I only have one more month left. When February began, we were still in lockdown and not allowed to go further away than 5 km from our house. Although the restrictions were strict, it…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger Guardianship High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Christmas at DCU

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Hello and welcome back to my first blog in 2021. I cannot believe that it is already March. The last months went by so quickly, especially after New Year’s Eve. I spent Christmas and New Year’s Eve at the DCU Christmas Camp with all the other exchange students who could not and did not want…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

The run up to Christmas

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Hey and welcome back to my blog! The last 2 months went by pretty quickly and I was very busy with school work and meeting friends. With the end of October and with the start of our midterm-break, we started to go back to a Lockdown which means that we were not allowed to go…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Henrike arrives in Ireland...

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Hi, my name is Henrike, I am 16 years old and from Germany. On 22nd August 2020, I left my home country to spent one whole school year in Ireland. I always loved travelling to foreign countries, getting to know new people and learning things about different cultures and traditions. Furthermore, I wanted to improve…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad

September starts and school begins!

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With the beginning of September, I left the DCU and met my host family. They live in Dalkey which is in the south of Dublin and a lovely area to live. There are some pretty shops, a harbour from where you can see Dalkey Island and, if you are lucky, you can see a couple…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad

Exploring Dublin with friends

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At the weekends, I often meet some of the other exchange students I am friends with and who I got to know at the quarantine camp. We talk about the things that happened during the last weeks and about our experiences with getting new friends which is kind of difficult at the beginning because people…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad Study Abroad