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June’s Myth Buster: “Women will look big and bulky if they do weights”

June 18, 2012

Being a woman myself, I know that as women, we all dream of that “perfect body”! And even if we don’t exactly spend time dreaming of it, we wouldn’t be appalled if one day we woke up looking like we could be on the cover of a magazine. But instead…

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What to Expect of Your First Spinning Class

June 8, 2012

Ok, you might let me know if you agree with this or not – but if you have never been to a spinning class, is it or is it not true that there is this “it’s the toughest thing you’ll ever do in your life” terrorizing tale around it? I…

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An artist’s impression

June 5, 2012

Hi readers! For my fourth blog I have chosen to speak about a painting, as art is a keen interest of mine. The canvas I have chosen to speak about has a typically Irish theme: This is an oil on board (11”x14”) called :the Tall Tale and the painter is…

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May’s Myth Buster: Is it Fact or Fiction?

May 21, 2012

NOTE: Exciting competition at the end of this blog! “If I was a woman, maybe I’d go, but I’m not!” “I haven’t been; it’s for women to go and gossip” “That’s for women to go and get their girly things done, I don’t need that” I’ll give you a few…

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The third part of my Irish adventure

May 18, 2012

This weekend I went back to the Fota House & Arboretum with one of my roommates and we also went to Fota Wildlife Park. Its very accessible from Fota Island Resort Hotel Cork. The Park is nice and spacious with most of animals free to roam and you can watch…

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To fear or not to fear…

May 11, 2012

So here I am: first week working in Fota Island Resort Hotel Ireland, and first time writing a blog. As the popular saying dictates “there’s a first time for everything” and hopefully today will mark the beginning of a series of blogs you’ll enjoy reading (that’s the aspiration anyway!). As…

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Marion’s Irish Adventure – Part 2

Hi everyone! Here is the second part of my Irish adventure. This weekend I finally found the way to go to Fota House and Arboretum from Fota Island Resort, walking. I spent approximately 50 minutes walking from the Cork Hotel to go there, but I took the longer and more…

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A Warm Irish Welcome…

April 30, 2012

Good afternoon everyone. Let me introduce myself, I am Marion and I am coming from the west side of France near the city of Angers. I have finished my third year in University in France where I am studying LEA: Languages Applied to Trade and Law, where I learn English,…

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Memories that money can’t buy

April 6, 2012

This is starting to be the end of my Irish adventure. I find it hard to believe it’s been three months since I first came to Ireland. After my arrival I spent my first weeks in a language course with almost 30 other interns. In the beginning we were just…

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“I’ve got Spring Fever”

March 7, 2012

Hello readers! I got some very exciting news a while ago when I was transferred from the marketing department to work with our Wedding Co-Ordinator Susan Lavelle. On the 26th of February we hosted our annual Wedding Showcase here at Fota Island Resort Wedding Hotel Cork. It was great to…

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Cork- My home away from home

February 22, 2012

Hello readers! My time here at Fota Island Resort, a 5 Star hotel with Golf course Ireland is going so fast! Last week was a really busy so when the weekend came I couldn’t be more excited! After work we took a bus to Dublin. I was looking forward to…

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My Irish Adventure – Part 2

February 13, 2012

This is just the beginning! So… I have lived in Ireland for a month now. Time really flies when everything is new and exciting! The first two weeks I lived in Bandon and attended a language course at a local school. Coming from Finland the town seemed pretty small but…

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