Slán Agat

Tomorrow I will fly back to Finland. I can't believe this is over now. I don't even know what to think, because I actually would like to stay here in Dublin, but at the same time it is so nice to meet my family and friends again in Finland.

Today we will also go goodbye dinner with my workmates. It will be at Sophie's Restaurant and I have some high expectation about it. My flatmate told me it is very fine restaurant top of the hotel, 5th floor. There we can see whole Dublin and I heard food is really good! :)

Also last week here in Ireland had been busy, because my friend visited me. She went back to Finland today morning. With her we also visited at Cliffs of Mohers and really enjoyed our time in Dublin. I will miss this city and all my friends!!

On Friday then I will graduate from Helmi Liiketalousopisto. So amazing! I am glad I got this opportunity have a trainee ship in Ireland. I really don't even know what should I write this blog, my head is just so messy I can't think I am soon in Finland. It's sad but true anyway!


So here I come FINLAND, Slán Agat IRELAND!

Winter is coming

Do you know, it's only 9 workdays left anymore! Then I am going back to Finland and the graduation party in Helmi Liiketalousopisto is waiting for me. And winter in Finland hrr! Or is it summer or even spring yet there?

Anyway at work all is going well as always. It's feels like I now start to actually understand things and I am able to work with them best possible way and then It's time to travel back to home. I mean I am right now doing things myself and I don't need to ask anymore questions. I could be ready continue longer, but home is waiting for me. I am also teaching our new trainee as well here. This teaching actualle made me understand how much I had learn in here Scancoming. It is much! :)

This May is absolutely a very busy for me and time is running so fast. Last weekend my friend Marianna visited me from London. Weather here in Dublin was terrible when she arrived and time went so fast when she was here. On Saturday we were in the best Tour ever in all Ireland. GAME OF THRONES TOUR! Jippey! Did you know 75% of Game of Thrones film locations are in Ireland? This tour was amazing and we were waiting for it so long time and it was worth it! Here some pictures.

The place they found direwolves! :)

Winterfell

Stark! :D

One more month

It's already May and soon this internship in Ireland and studies in Helmi Liiketalousopisto are over.

As I told in my last post my teacher was here and I got good grades from my trainee. I can enjoy my last days in Ireland and be proud of myself.

End of the April we also got a new Trainee to Scancoming and I had teach her until the day she started. It actually feels like I am myself starting the all learning again. I can feel how she feels when everything is so new and awesome. I also see how much my own skills had get better, when I am teaching her. I actually like to teach her, even through sometimes teaching feels weird even for me. Expacially when I am telling her what I am doing, because some things are already so automatic for me that it's hard to explain what I am doing. It is easier when she is doing and I am telling what to do.

May will be awesome. My friend from London is coming here next weekend and then we are going Game of Thrones Tour! So excited! Woow! Then after this weekend I will go next weekend to roadtrip by car with my friends. And then after it my a very good friend from Finland comes to visit me to one week. She will be here end of the time. She is leaving 27.5 and I am leaving 28.5. I am so excited of this May!

Actually last weekend we went with my friends to tour to Wicklow and Glendalough and Kilkenny. Here some pictures! ;)

The World is mine

Hello!

It's been for a while I had write. During this time I had visit in London and also my mum and aunt visited in Dublin. So time had fly very nicely.

Also work is going well, even through we are still just me and boss in office. But soon we will get help - new trainee! It is very cool. Actually tomorrow I will have conservation with Merja and I will get final grades from my training. I don't actually know what to think about it yet. I only know swedish part won't go very well heh! Will see. This actually means my studies in Helmi Liiketalousopisto are over soon. Still 6 months...that's not long time.

But here some pictures from London!

St. Patrick's Day

Two weeks went so fast again. Actually it's Easter soon and I am planning to go London, and then my mum comes, then comes actually Marianna and then my sister! Time runs as always. So last Tuesday was St.Patrick''s Day! A big carneval in here Dublin!

But let's start about work. It had been extra busy two weeks right now. So many clients confirmed their trip to here at the same time and that means I have a lot to do with them. Actually I haven't do so many confirmations yet, so a lot new things too! Summer / Spring is coming I see!

I also had celebrate my freinds birthday this week Thursday. We suprised her with cake and gift middle of the night! So I haven't even sleep so good in this week either..Hehe!

Here some pics from St.Patrick's Day and Birthday party!:)

Discovering out of Office

Hello it's going well here in Scancoming.

I had again learn and discover new things. Actually this time have something a very interesting to tell about.

During this month I got more confidence about talking to phone and it's getting easier every time. I don't even need to write notes that much than before. This week I needed to call hotels to make reconfirm that they have right rooms to our clients. So actually I am not making a very big things with phone. I think also that my English is getting better as well and it's easier to understand different akcents.

This week I also made my first hostel offer. It's actually very difficult, because TourPlan is designed to Hotels and for Hostel offers I need to count so many things. It was actually a bit hard to count the price per room per night, when I got price per person for four nights. Just with hostels need to be careful.

I also first time ever booked one of the Extreme Ireland's Tours and they invited me to their new "Whiskey and Castle" Tour on 4th of March. So then on Wednesday morning I went discover to this tour and they also told if we are interested to discover another tours we are free to ask. I also made a report from this tour. So here some pictures of this Tour.

Tullamore Whiskey Distillery

Step by step guide introduced for us different steps to make whiskey.

There you can see how Whiskey is boiling awayduring the years. First one is 10 year, second 15 years and last one 25 years.

Tullamore produces their three different whiskeys and in the end of the tour we also tasted those three whiskeys.

   

Tullamore Whiskey Distillery

  Birr Castle & Gardens

Castle is located in Offaly and it is large. First we took a part of guided exhibition which presented history of the original family Earl of Rosse - also known as Parsons Family.

Mostly exhibition focused on space science, because third of Earl was a well-known astronomer.

There was also produced a lot about Birr telescope as a miniature.

On exhibition there was a lot of old material about his work for example old diaries, drawings and the goods he needs for working

Countess of Rosse, Mary specialised to photographing in the middle and late 1800s.

On exhibition I also discovered of her photographing and I saw maybe the oldest dark chamber in the world.

After exhibition we discovered to Garden where a yellow tree house was. 

.  Then we went to see the Castle and it was so amazing and definitely forth to see. I was very impressive about the Castle’s furnishings and different kind of collections (porcelain, fans etc).

Last one thing we discovered was Birr telescope in the 1840’s.

Kilbeggan Distillery

This Whiskey Distillery is actually pretty much different than Tullamore’s Distillery. Building is a very old and everything, even a smell inside is old and original.

We saw when hot water and barley was mixed together. Seeing things by my own eyes made whiskey experience so much more real.

I enjoyed my time in tour and it was very interesting to discover in two different Whiskey Distilleries and the Castle. Especially the Castle was amazing and definitely forth to see. Also tours in Whiskey Distilleries were interesting, because I actually knew nothing about Whiskeys before yesterday. I think to visit in both of these Whiskey Distilleries gave a good idea about how to make whiskey and when I actually saw it by my own eyes in Kilbeggan Distillery. This Tour really gave much information about Whiskey. But I think target group is adults, because the tour focused on most of the Whiskeys. 

So something different this time! :)