About the pop-up shop: Last week our teachers Rachel and Katie, along with their B1 and B2 classes, hosted a pop-up meeting in Alpha. The pop-up shop was set up in order to educate staff and students on sustainable living, and encourage them to be more mindful and embrace eco-friendly habits in their everyday lives. Check out the Small Changes … Read More
Things to Do in Dublin This Valentine’s Day
Whether you’re “forever alone”, celebrating galentine’s, in a committed relationship or part of the #selfloveclub – we’ve got you covered this Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is widely regarded as a day for dates, romance and explicitly couple-related things. I’ve found something for the single pringles, the mate daters, and everyone in between. Culture: A lesser-known fact about Dublin is that … Read More
Alpha’s New Marketing Executive: Meet Natalie
As the new Marketing Executive for Alpha College of English, I thought it might be helpful for everyone to get to know me better. Therefore, I’ve created a little ‘About Me’, with a Q&A and a game of ‘This or That’ so you can learn more about me… and possibly bring me flowers or chocolate when you visit the Marketing … Read More
Why Dublin is the best place to study English
If you’re thinking about improving your English skills, and probably doing it outside your country, why not do it in Dublin? Here you can find several reasons why you should come here to study English: People say that if you learn English from Irish people, you will understand all English speaking people around the world It’s not just studying English … Read More
Dublin doors
What’s one of the symbols of Dublin city? If we think about Ireland we imagine the green Shamrock, but what is specific to Dublin? Ok…you can think about Guinness, famous around the world, but after you visit Dublin, for sure you’ll remember the colorful doors that you can see in the various Dublin houses around the city. It’s not just about … Read More
Best places to hang out in Dublin
So, now that you are in Dublin, what do you do in your free time?? Certainly Alpha College organises a lot of activities for you, but what else is going on in this city? As a big city, Dublin offers you variety of things you can do – and not too far away. Every night you can go out for … Read More
Best location to visit in Ireland
So, here I am writing the post that I promised you about the Ireland best locations to visit, and some of that I can personally advise you to go, after my journey around this Country. So, the most touristic cities in Ireland, after Dublin, are Cork, Galway and Limerick. About this three, I will surely say “go to Galway!”. Everyone … Read More
First impressions about Dublin
Hi everyone! I’m the new Marketing intern and I’m (kind of) new in town! Before coming to Ireland I was soooo excited about this country and its green nature – and I still am! Actually, before really establish myself in Dublin, I visited several cities in Ireland (yes, I really love traveling!) and I really advise you to go around … Read More
Revealing the hidden
Dublin’s greatest secrets part II As days are getting longer and (possibly) warmer, we all tend to get a little travel fever. We’d like to explore new places, since in nice weather they tend to be much more spectacular. Plus, we don’t need to wear thick coats with several layers underneath. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about … Read More
Life hacks 101
The best cold remedies you’ve never heard of Last weekend we celebrated the International Health Day, which means it’s already April. Wau. Time flies real fast, doesn’t it? Anyhow, we still have quite a long journey till summer begins, so in the meantime, me and Simon had this wonderful idea of doing a research on “cold remedies”. I know, I … Read More
Dublin’s greatest secrets
Chapter 1 – The Storyteller If you ever meet a real Dubliner, you might end up having a whale of a time. The only thing you have to do, is to ask. Ask them to recommend you some places. Some good old places. And that’s exactly what I did. I met Liam on my first week at Alpha. At the … Read More
Not all Saints wear saffron
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the greenest of them all? No not the person who drank the most… St. Patrick of course! Once a year people in Ireland unite to celebrate one of the greatest man in their history – Saint Patrick. For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, Saint Patrick was a priest (formerly known … Read More
The Beast from the East
a.k.a. national bread crisis “Let’s go.” “We can’t.” “Why not?” “We’re waiting for Emma.” “I can’t go on like this.” “That’s what you think.” This is how I imagine a dialogue between people in Ireland and the government would go. Well, at least it seemed like that. Since ancient times, people have always been afraid of the unknown. Unknown … Read More
Dublin Walking Tour
Taste of Irish history Last Friday, thanks to our special tour guide Stig, the students of Alpha discovered a lot about amazing Irish history. Even though the Republic of Ireland as a country is not that old, the history of Ireland goes way back. In case you’ve missed that, Ireland was under the occupation of Great Britain for more than … Read More
Gǒu nián jíxiáng (狗年吉祥)!
a.k.a dumpling overload Some of you may know, some of you don’t, but the Year of the Dog is about to start. Curious about the meaning of it? So were we. Luckily, our students Lin and Tian Min helped me discover Chinese cultural heritage. Just keep reading. Tradition of the Chinese New Year has been here for more than (get … Read More
Valentine’s Day
International views of Valentine’s Day We asked our beloved students, how is Valentine’s Day usually celebrated in their country and here’s what they had to say. Stephanos (45) from Greece: “The Valentine’s Day in Greece is nowadays a commercial holiday. I don’t think we do anything special, apart from other European countries. We give presents to our partners, especially chocolate, … Read More
12 things you didn’t know about pancakes.
It’s Pancake Tuesday today and we are celebrating by… you guessed it…. eating lots of pancakes. On Pancake Tuesday 52 million eggs, 26.000 litres of Clark’s Maple Syrup, approx. 13 million kilos of plain flour and more than 232 million litres of milk. Greedy much? Before the rise of baking soda, cooks used to use the so-called “secret ingredient” – … Read More
Things to do during the Christmas holidays!
My name is Adnan and I am the current Marketing Intern. If you are staying in Dublin during Christmas (like me), there are lots of cool things to do over the next two weeks. Here are just a few I picked out. Explore the city – Dublin Discovery Trails: First, I advise you to download the “Dublin Discovery Trails” app. This … Read More