Delfin English School

It's all going swimmingly

It's been a great social summer here in Delfin and the fat lady still hasn't sung!

The summer began on June 19 with a great night in the Hop House. There was free beer all around and songs were sung and friendships were made. Other nights we had during the summer included the literary pub crawl where we heard great stories about James Joyce and Samuel Beckett reminescent of times past in Dublin.

The dogs was another great night. Here we went to the greyhound track and bet on the dogs to win races. Bets were small so nobody lost their shirt but everyone had a great time.

Testing trivia was the table quiz night here in the school. There were prizes to be won and almost everyone walked away with something. My favourite prize was an electric tennis racket you use to kill flies!

And then there was the fourth anniversary party. Woo hoo! There was a HUGE party here in the school with loads of beers and everybody dancing and laughing and singing. Needless to say it went on until the wee hours of the morning but everyone left with a smile on their face.

Kilmainham Goal, Riverdance in the Gaiety Theatre, a fantastic tour of Glendalough, Glasnevin cemetary, an introduction to Gaelic games, a Ceili with live Irish music in the school and a great day out at the Summersound festival were some of the other highlighs of the summer programme '09.

But it's not over yet! This week we are going to see the famous preserved bodies in St Michan's church and on Saturday 5 we are going on a picnic and hike in beautiful Wicklow. So much to see...so much to do! JR