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NameCaroline
Genderfemale
Country of OriginKenya
Destination CountryIreland

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s-1 In May 2007, I received the news that I was going to study in Ireland.
s-2 I had planned to go to another EU country which I knew more about because friends and relative had travelled there, but I did not know so much about Ireland.
s-3 I looked online and learned a little bit about Dublin where I would be based.
s-4 When you read about something and then you see it, its different.
s-5 When I arrived in Ireland it was breathtaking, considering that it was the first European country that I had visited and indeed the first country that I had visited outside Africa.
s-6 Ireland is quite different to Kenya and I had to get used to it.
s-7 Although the family I stayed with may not have fully understood what I was going through, they were supportive - still are, even after I moved on - and patient, giving me time to get used to the country especially when I was experiencing with new foods.
s-8 But I really miss my family a lot, though.
s-9 Sometimes I wish Ireland was more like Kenya.
s-10 For example, the Irish are warm to me and are very friendly but I feel that in Kenya people talk and visit each other more.
s-11 Of course, I understand why these things are different.
s-12 It could be because of the weather or that in Ireland they are busier than people in Kenya.
s-13 Actually, maybe people talk to each other more in Kenyan villages because people in Nairobi are very busy and do not visit each other a lot either.
s-14 I feel quite at home; I love it here.
s-15 Since I have completed my studies, it may be time to leave, but Ireland now has a very special place in my heart.
s-16 I consider it home.
s-17 Whenever I go to Kenya now, I feel more like a visitor there.
s-18 My experience in Ireland has been fantastic.
s-19 I have had a very good time here.
s-20 I came to study and now I have my PhD, so Ireland and the Irish have definitely been good to me.

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