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By Jannik Painsi
On Friday the 24th
June, we had a tour through Dublin with a tour guide. Our tour guide showed us
some sights like the Molly Malone statue and the Millennium Spire. Sadly it was
a rainy day, so we decided to end the tour. In the evening we went to a
Greyhound racing track. A few of us bet on the dogs and lost some money on
them. On Saturday the 25th June, we had a day trip to Belfast. Our
bus driver showed us the murals in Belfast. This are symbols of Northern
Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious
divisions. At lunchtime we had an hour to look around in Belfast. In the
afternoon we went to the Titanic museum. It was a self-guided tour through the
museum. It had 4 stages to learn something about the Titanic, including
recordings by the survivors. On Monday the 27th June, in the
afternoon we had a photo hunt sponsored by the Atlantic Language School. We
were separated in four groups with four people in each group. We had to make 8
photos of sights in Dublin and all group members had to be on every photo
there. Later on we also had a self-guided tour through Dublinia. It is a museum
about the Viking and medieval history of Dublin. On Wednesday the 29th
June we went to Belfast again to see the Montupet Ltd factory.
Montupet UK Limited
By
Christian Kalsberger
On Wednesday
29th July, 2016 the 8c from the HTL-Trieben were going to visit the
Montupet UK Limited factory. It is based in Belfast, the capital city of Northern
Ireland, but first the class had to drive from Dublin to Belfast and find the
factory. Unfortunately nobody knew the right way and the bus didn’t have a navigation
system, so the bus driver had to ask people from Belfast to find out the right
way to the factory. What makes things even worse is that he didn’t find the
right way although we had help from other people. So our teachers asked someone
from Montupet to find us and show us the right way to the company. With at
least one hour delay we got the interesting guide in Montupet. First they
showed us what the company is producing and explained something about the ownership.
Then we got equipment (safety goggles and vests) for visitors because without
these things it could be dangerous. After everyone was ready we started the
tour and saw how they melt their aluminium and what things are in the finished
cylinder heads. It was amazing to see how they manufactured them, because we
were very close to the workers and the machines. Finally we saw how the robots
continue the manufacturing process. Summing up it can be said that Montupet UK
Limited is an amazing company and it was also amazing to see how the
differences between a guided tour in Austria and in the United Kingdom.
