Dublin Public Transportation

愛爾蘭跟台灣不一樣,這裡地廣人稀! 因此每戶人家幾乎都有兩部以上的車子

而大眾運輸在這也就不如台北那樣的密集了

目前我在都柏林主要代步的交通工具為公車 輕軌(Luas) 

雙層公車(如圖左上) 可以用硬幣或Leap card搭乘,不接受紙鈔, 公車雖不找零 但會給你一張收據 可以憑收據到市中心的公車站換回你的零錢, 而Leap card則向台灣的悠遊卡一樣, 可以在機器或商店加值

公車的計價方式為站數,1~4站一個價錢...等, 所以上車時要跟司機說你要去哪一站或者告訴他站的編號(每一站都有一個號碼)

輕軌(如圖右上) Luas是蓋爾語速度的意思, 每一站都會停, 但要自己按開門喔~ 可以買票上車或者使用Leap card, 上車前嗶一下 下車在嗶一下, 大部分時間都沒有人在查票, 不過被抓到逃票可是會重罰的喔!

圖下為Dart,像台灣的電車或平快車, 也可以用Leap card搭乘, 我只有在去Howth時搭過一次Dart而已

另外若要到愛爾蘭的其他大城市, 我最喜歡的交通工具是火車, 因為我覺得這裡的火車很高級 哈哈

有WIFI(雖然不快,但用LINE非常足夠) 有插座可以充電! 如果透過電腦訂位 座位上還會顯示你的名字喔!!

火車票其實不便宜, 但有學生證則會瞬間打了對折! 

St Stephen's Green

St Stephen's Green is a park located in the Dublin city center. I love it so much!! It's soooooo beautiful. According to a tour guide, the model of this park is New York Central Park. The only thing I don't like is there are always a lot of people in the park!!! haha

聖史蒂芬綠地是市中心的一個公園,它是以紐約中央公園為雛型所建的

我超愛這個地方!!!!每個角落都超美~~  可惜人有點太多!! 誰叫大家都愛這個公園呢XD

Howth

Last Saturday, I went to Howth, a fishing village near Dublin city center. It was REALLY cold on that day, but it's a good place. Good view and seafood! Most surprising is you can see seals there!! Probably I will go there again in the future.

星期六我去了都柏林市區附近的海港Howth,那裡真的超級冷的!!! 但我還滿喜歡那個地方的 有美景有海鮮~ 而且還可以看到海豹!! 聽說還有隱藏版的美景沒看到 下次要再去!!!

Weekend!

On Saturday, I went to the National Botanic Gardens, and the Glasnevin Cemetery. These two places are quite close so I visited them on the same day.

The National Botanic Gardens is a very good place to take a walk. There are so many different kinds of plants. I really like it.

    

Another place is the Glasnevin Cemetery. I was very surprised when someone recommended it to me. I don't understand why I should visit a cemetery. However I quite like it after I visited it. We attended the tour, and the tour guide told us a lot of stories behind this cemetery. I feel I should know more Irish celebrities so I kind understand more stories. 

星期六我去了國家植物園跟Glasnevin公墓,這兩個地方很近,所以我在同一天一起參觀了這兩個地方

國家植物園是個很適合散步的地方,而且裡面有各式各樣的植物, 我還滿喜歡這裡的

另一個地方是Glasnevin公墓,沒錯就是公墓,一開始我還很疑惑為什麼有人會推薦我去參觀墳墓,但去了之後就懂了,這個公墓是很多愛爾蘭名人的安息地,不過大部分還是都柏林的市井小民,埋葬在這裡的人口比都柏林市區現在的人口還多!!

我們還參加了導覽,聽了很多這個地方的故事,有些悲傷有些有趣! 如果我多認識一些愛爾蘭的名人,參觀起來應該會更有感覺! 沒想到參觀墳墓會是這種心情~

Company Visit Day

Yesterday we went to IBM for company visit. I did a report about IBM when I was in ITI, but I don't remember much about it, especially IBM's products. However, we had an interesting presentation, and it reminded me about the report I did. After the presentation, we walked around in their office. I quite like it. It's very modern, and there are some equipment for staff to release pressure, for example darts, and Xbox.

Later we went to the Skylon Hotel, my work place, for lunch. It's a bit strange to have all my classmates in my work place, but it's also interesting.

Then, we got another presentation about "Social Media". I quite focus on this topic because it's highly related to what we are working on in the hotel right now.

It was a very fruitful day, and it was good to see all of my classmates, too.

昨天我們去參訪了IBM 雖然在ITI的時候我做過有關IBM的報告 但已經不太記得內容了 不過在聽完簡報後 我的記憶都回來了 哈 IBM主要提供資訊分析的服務 例如如何讓城市變得更聰明! (Frank還提到遠通ETC應該找IBM幫忙的 哈哈哈) 之後還參觀了一下IBM內部 我還滿喜歡那裡的工作環境 裝潢很現代 還有員工休閒娛樂的場所!

後來我們去了我工作的Skylon Hotel吃午餐 看到同學來我工作的地方一方面有點奇怪一方面又滿有趣的~

午餐後我們在那聽了一個有關社群網站的簡報 我還滿專注在這個主題上的 因為這跟我現在在飯店裡的工作有很大的相關!

總之這天的收穫非常多! 也很開心跟101A的同學聚在一起~

Walk in Dublin

I really think Dublin is suitable for walking. Recently I walked everywhere, from the hotel to home, from home to DCU, from the hotel to city center. I like walking in Dublin (especially when the weather is good), and I feel I can get closer to Dublin by walking. Also I can take a lot of photos.

我覺得都柏林非常適合走路! 最近我走了很多地方 從飯店走回家 從家走到DCU 從飯店走到市中心 我很喜歡在這裡走路(尤其是天氣好的時候) 因為我好像可以透過走路更了解更熟悉這個城市! 還可以拍很多照片

       

Colorful Doors

Before I came to Ireland, I heard that the doors are all in different colors here. 

The story behind colorful doors is that Irish like to drink, and the colorful doors are easier for them to find the way home

Now, I see it!!! It really makes the city colorful.

來愛爾蘭之前,聽說愛爾蘭的門顏色都不同,因為愛爾蘭人喜歡喝酒,所以門的顏色不同,方便讓他們喝酒後找到自己家的門

果然是真的!!!  彩色的門讓整個城市都變得更彩色了!