My first work experience week

My first work experience week is already over and the second week started this Monday. 

From last Monday ,9^th, to last Friday , 13^th, I had work experience at a vet in Cork. I learnt a lot of new terms, but don´t worry I wrote down the translations for everyone, deren Englischvokabular im Bereich der Medizin/ Tiermedizin ein wenig eingerostet ist.=)

I was at the veterinary together with another girl from my school. In the first four days we were mainly watching surgerys (Operationen) and the treatments of the animal patients.The animals which came in the veterinary were all so cute! The surgerys were interesting but also a bit disgusting sometimes. For example there was a dog with a growth (Wucherung) on his leg and a dog got its tonsils (Mandeln) removed by surgery (tonsillectomy- Mandelentfernung) because he always had a tonsillits (Mandelentzündung). On the first day there was a cat which had damaged her pelvis (Becken) and was constipated (verstopft). The vet had to open her stomach and put out her intestine (Darm). He mad a cut in it and got out the feces (Fäkalien) which were stuck inside. At the end he closed everything again with some stiches (Nadelstichen). 

We got tasks like clipping the nails of the dogs and cats, preparing injections (Spritzen) and cleaning the operation table for the next surgery.  All in all it was a interesting week with lots of new experiences for me and of course lots of new vocabulary!

The veterinary

A trip to Cobh

On Thursday, the 29^th, I was in Cobh with some other exchange students. Cobh is a city about 20 minutes away from Cork. We went there by train- it was my first time on an irish train and it was really comfortable. First we went to the Titanic Experience. That is a museum about the Titanic, because Cobh was the last place where the Titanic had stayed before it sank. Together with the ticket you get the name of a passenger who went on the Titanic from Cobh. At the end you find out if the person survived. It was really interesting. We stood on the terrace where the passengers waited for the arrival of the Titanic over 100 years ago. Then we saw the rooms of the third and first class passengers (pictures). We also saw a short demonstration movie how the titanic sank. There were lots of information about the Titanic and at the end I discovered that my passenger, a 27 years old woman from third class survived. Afterwards we visited the cathedrale. It was huge and had beautiful stained glass windows (Buntglasfenster). All in all it was a great trip!

View from the train on the return journey...

The Greyhound raising, the Donkey Sanctuary & a dog competition

Hello again!
On Saturday evening ,the 17th,  I went with my host family to a Greyhound raising. It was a huge stadium which is only for Greyhound raising. It was my first time at an event like this. I put money on three  dogs and of course I ended up putting my money on the dogs with the best names=) I won once and lost twice. At the end I won 3,20 euros ! (  6,20 euros winnings and 3 euros loss)
All in all it was really cool and I enjoyed it!

On Sunday, the 18th, my host family and I went to the Donkey Sanctuary  in Lisscarroll.
It is a place  where donkey from all over Ireland find a new home when they have been badly treaten from their owners. It  was really stormy so all donkeys were in a huge stable. Afterwards we went down the hill where the Donkey Sanctuary is located to the centre of the village Lisscarroll. There were some stalls with cute things. Some were to raise money for charity and some were run by young people to raise money for the local community in Lisscarroll.  There were also some girls who played irish music- They were pretty good!
At 15:00 Lola, the dog of my host family, took part in a dog competition. There were categories like the Friendliest dog and the dog with the waggiest tail. Unfortunally Lola didn't win. I think the competition was a bit unfair because all the dogs were so excited to meet each other that they couldn't really show how friendly they are normally.
All in all this trip was also great!

The donkeys...

The dog competition

The butter exchange and the Bells of Shandon

Yesterday I visited the Butter museum and the Bells of Shandon in Cork city.

It rained on the way to the butter museum and when we arrived we were wet all over.
 At 12:00 was a demonstration which showed how butter was made in the old days. It was quiet interesting and at the end we could taste the butter - it was delicious=) In the museum we learnt how successfull the butter trade in Cork in the 19th centuary was. From Cork butter was sold to the whole world!
Afterwards we visited the Bells of Shandon. The Bells are really famous and although it was a bit expensive it was worth it! You are allowed to play a song on the bells, which you can hear all over Cork. I played Amazing Grace. =) Past the bells we climbed to the top of the tower. The view from the tower was amazing and we were lucky because the sun was shinning again.

The Butter museum

Butter demonstration

The view from the top of the tower

Autumn is arriving in Cork

What I have done in the last few weeks

On Sunday, the 4th of October I visited "Fota" with my host father and my host brother. It is a huge wildlife park and thousands of tourists are visiting it every year. When we were there we couldn´t see  many animals because the most of them stayed hidden but it was a really cool trip!

 Hier noch ein paar Bilder von den Tieren, die ich gesehen habe...

Some random facts (School bus, sunrises and other things)

Hey=)
Here are coming some facts which you may like to know:

The school bus is yellow! Every morning it is collecting me at the end of the drive to my host familys farm. It is always the same bus with the same bus driver. She knows all the students and also some older sisters and brothers of them. When we leave the bus in the morning and when we are going into the bus after school we always say hello and thanks to her. I think that is a really nice touch and I will keep doing that when I come back to Germany. The radio is always turnt on while we are on the bus, so I call the bus "the music bus". Oh and I hope that I won´t try to leave the bus on the left hand side when I am the first time on a bus in Germany back again=)

 The Charity shop  is from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP). The money they earn through selling the secondhand clothes (and sometimes furniture) is used to support people in need in the Cork area. The clothes  which they can´t use because they are to dirty or beaten-up are getting recycled.

 The sunrises and sunsets in Ireland are totally amazing. It is a pity but I don´t have so many pictures of the them because everytime I see the beautiful sunsets and rises I am riding Rocky or going to school in the morning.