High School Programme - Friday in Bray

Every journey holds the potential for new discoveries, whether it’s a breathtaking sunset, a hidden corner of a village, or an unplanned detour that makes the day unforgettable

High School Programme Ambassador – Aurora, Italy

Here in Dublin we usually go to school until 3.45 every day, however we have one short day per week; lots of school have that on Wednesday, but my school has that on Friday. On Friday 25th October, like every Friday, I get out from school at 13.10.

Trip to Bray

When I arrived home I waited for my host sister so we could eat together our launch box, then we rested a bit, we changed our school uniform and we went to the Dart station Howth Junction and Donaghmede. We wanted to a do a little trip to Bray. We are really near to Howth and Malahide, but we wanted to see a different village and different beaches. The train trip was quite long, as it took 1 hour, but we managed to arrive just in time for the sunset, so we went to the beach and we climbed a bit on the rocks to find the perfect spot where we could sit and enjoy the peacefulness of the sunset on the sea. We took some pictures and when the sun was finally set we decided to take a walk. At first, we walked near the sea, then we entered the village to see the little cute aesthetic houses with the green the well-finished flowery gardens. We got a coffee in a spar and some biscuits and the at 7 o’clock we went to the dart station to get the train back.

It seemed a perfect day and we were talking and resting on the dart, when we noticed that due to the dark we missed our station; so we got off at the later station and we had to walk for 25 minutes to arrive finally home at 9 o’clock. Fortunately we had a music box with us during the walk so we enjoyed some good music. When we arrived home I made some saffron rice that I brought from Italy and then after the exhausting day we went to bed to get some deserved rest.

Aurora Balducci