We didn’t know what to think of this. Would we manage to develop a new
spirit of unity, or would we muck up any chance of spending a peaceful holiday?
We sure didn’t know what to expect of the miracles Ireland would work
on us – and what to expect of each other.
After ten days of surprisingly little rain, of struggling to catch
the bus to nowhere in time, and of munching on the same strange kind of sandwich
every day, we were very glad about what we’d got – which can about
be summarized as “new experiences”. We got to know some people better,
and shared insight into the different perceptions we had of each other; all
the while, of course, discovering the “real Ireland”, which was
not at all an unpleasant experience – at least most of the time.
Apart from discovering the country in all its good and bad ways,
I think that a school trip provides lots of time for all the participants
to regain a better climate in class – or at least know what has been going
wrong all the time.
What I can say about Ireland is that all the positive things seemed
to work especially well there; maybe because of the nice surroundings, maybe
because of the general excitement having infiltrated the Irish air – it
doesn’t really matter; all that counts is that we had a good time together.
To see how good our time together really was, you can have a look at the Favourite Pictures Gallery.