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NameAndrea
Genderfemale
Country of OriginGermany
Destination CountryIreland

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s-1 I went to Ireland after visiting some old colleagues of my stepdads.
s-2 They were all very welcoming and invited me for the future.
s-3 In 1985 it happened, my English skills were so bad that I would not have passed my German A-levels.
s-4 So we decided that I should come here for a year, to work on my English and see some of the world – but I never returned to Germany.
s-5 I was very naïve upon arrival.
s-6 Dublin was the big city that had everything my little hometown didnt have, cool people who spoke English, a great music scene in a small circle, and everybody knew everybody.
s-7 There werent too many foreign Au-Pairs, therefore our group was known all over the place.
s-8 We all met at the English School and made friends with people we would otherwise never have met, from very different academic and social backgrounds.
s-9 Often those were partnerships of convenience, but over time and shared experiences they grew into friendships for life.
s-10 About 15 years ago, I specialised in importing Brezels and offering German-style catering.
s-11 Therefore Im adding German food to Irish culture.
s-12 I cater for some German institutions: the Goethe-Institute, the embassy, the German school, the Lutheran church – they can all offer German events with German food now.
s-13 It is rather rustic, but the Irish guests seem to like it.
s-14 Ireland is my home.
s-15 Ive lived here for longer than Ive ever lived in Krefeld.
s-16 Ive raised my child here.
s-17 But my roots are in Germany.
s-18 My parents and my brother are there, same as many friends.
s-19 I visit them all several times a year.
s-20 I only miss certain things about Germany, such as good craftspeople.
s-21 There, they come when they said they would, and know how to do their job right.
s-22 Irish people dont have the same work ethics.
s-23 I dont feel like a migrant at all.
s-24 Ive been here for more than 30 years.
s-25 It is my home.
s-26 However, unfortunately, it is easy to hear that I am a foreigner.
s-27 I still sound like Ive just hopped off a boat, because I cannot get rid of my accent.
s-28 If I want to go back?
s-29 Hard to tell.
s-30 I am 50 odd years old and sometimes worry about my pension provision.
s-31 When youre younger, you never think about it, but now stories about poverty among the elderly stick with me for longer and I wonder if Ill be better off in Ireland than in Germany, or vice versa.

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