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Overall I had a great Erasmus experience in Perpignan & could not believe how quickly the last three weeks had passed.I learned a lot at work, improved my French somewhat & enjoyed the many trips around & near Perpignan. The city itself was compact, has a charming city center & a good transport system. The Erasmus programme & trip was well organised thanks to all the hard work of both BIFE & ALFMED in providing such a wonderful opportunity & experience.- merci beaucoup.

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In my last week of work I observed more, learned how to make homemade butter, prepared more vegetables & fruit & removed more fish pin bones! What struck me most in the kitchen was the simplicity of the ingredients used, the attention to detail, the long lengths of time taken to cook in order to intensify the flavours & the liberal use of cream & butter-just like Darina Allen! Generally the kitchen was very calm but also very hot!

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Today was our flight home, was very sad to go as it was an amazing experience and we had gotten used to that life but, also happy to be going home but it was such an amazing experience with good people and I talk BIFE for arranging all this and alfmed for hosting. 10/10 would do again

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Today was are last day In Perpignan so we started the day off by cleaning the house getting are bags ready and then meeting up with everyone after meeting up with everyone me ham and Katie went shopping on the way to the shop we saw an antique shop I stayed to look around and I took a few pictures of all the stuff I saw after that we got food and then we all met up again and got the taxi to the airport so we could go back to Ireland Perpignan was amazing the Erasmus trip was fun thank you to everyone on the trip

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The last moment of our feet on French ground together was captured by our personal photographer Victor 📸
Bon Voyage 🥹

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Spent our last night in France in a speakeasy with tasty cocktails, great company and some awful dance moves 💃🏼 🪩 🕺🏼

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My Erasmus placement in Perpignan, France, was an amazing experience that I probably never forget. The city, with its blend of French and Catalan culture, was a perfect place to explore and learn. From the friendly locals to the beautiful scenery between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, every day was an adventure.

My work placement at Le Sujet was interesting and rewarding. The French kitchen and especially the Food and hygiene standards made me learn a lot of new things and words. I got very close with my colleagues and really enjoyed working there, which really helped me to improve my intercultural communication skills.

Living in a foreign country taught me to be adaptable and independent. I had to navigate a environment, understand different cultural norms, and handle daily tasks in French. These experiences made me more resilient and confident.

I also made hopefully long lasting friendships with people from diverse backgrounds at Alfmed and my workplacement. We shared our cultures and experiences, which made me feel like a global citizen.

Overall, my time in Perpignan was great. It helped me grow personally and professionally, and I'll always cherish the memories and lessons I learned there.

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Dublin we come back)))

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Today we visited the Palace of the Kings of Majorca with a group of friends, it was very nice and fun, the mountains looked quite beautiful, we had a little walk around Perpignan. Then we got on the road and went to the airport with other Erasmus students, I am glad that I had to go through this whole experience it was memorable.

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So our adventure has come to an end, it is very sad to say goodbye to everyone, they were fun guys, I hope we will be in touch in Ireland... Everything went very well... In addition to spending free time, we had a lot of work at our places of work and I really liked it because we learned a lot. I had a great rest from the working days of Dublin and this Erasmus is a good start in my new career... Bonjorme to all🤠

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This is a picture taken with my boss Chef Anthony!. It was my final night working last Thursday and I was partially upset but incredibly grateful for the experience and knowledge that was I received from my work place.🇫🇷

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Ive just finished work and Currently packing my things for the flight the next day as it makes leaving a lot easier, it's a sad sight as I will miss the city and sun and sea and the friends I have made along the way 😔

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The last 2 days of work went well and some staff came back from holiday which made the atmosphere even better even though I barely knew them, was great teamwork going on and we were prepping for a big dinner for Saturday, I have never Done this before but really enjoyed prepping the shrimp and taking off the shells because it was new and by the end I was getting really good at it and I'll bring that all back to work in ireland 🦐 💦

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We went to Carcassonne on Sunday we all enjoyed it. We walked up a very steep hill to get to the castle then we all separated and went for food, castle to take pictures and we went to small shops. It was a really nice day and we all enjoyed the castle.

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A sad evening here in residence Venise as we pack all our belongings and get ready for the journey home tomorrow!
What an amazing 3 weeks it’s been.
I’ve learned so many things about myself here and will never be able to top an expierience like this again.. as someone who wasn’t very well travelled this was a huge thing for me to do, leaving my family for 3 weeks was a scary thing but I am so proud of myself for doing it and the doors I have now opened for myself in my patisserie career.
Not only learning about myself, and upping my skills I have made some amazing friendships and I will never forget this trip!
I seriously can’t thank everyone enough, from my teachers at bife, to the Alfmed team, the Erasmus+ programme and all of the amazing people I’ve been so lucky to travel with!
I’m going to miss everyone greatly and we will definitely have to keep in touch and do a mini trip somewhere again
Thank you to you all ❤️

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I enjoy my time working in au voyage gourmand I got to meet new people getting to learn to techniques. Made great friends with the girls I work with, I would love do it all again and I really have enjoyed my time here in Perpignan.
I every morning I started at 5:30 or 6, I start off with chocolate, cream, raspberry and apple donuts, strawberry and raspberry tartlets, panini Nutella, then went into the kitchen to make sandwiches and salads.
I loved all the trips we went on, fish man village, Barcelona and walled city. I would definitely recommend for others to come visit Perpignan

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yesterday after the rally in Alfmed, i went to visit these guys again, and again i was filled with an incredible feeling of creativity and music 🎷

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Today in work we did more on game testing and bit of coding then we went out to get tacos for lunch after work j went home and packed my bags for tomorrow the Erasmus trip was fun

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In finally 🙈I found nice coffee shop here with really good capuchino like in Dublin)))🦧

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It’s our last day in Perpignan, tomorrow we will back in Dublin… sou I just walk around, here is on video place de République …nice area, and old town very beautiful, I recommend visiting this city if you will in this part of France someday 😎

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Collioure beautiful beach

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Here are some of the 3D objects and animations i made for NTWU.

Im so happy I was able to work in a job that uses skills I specialise in.

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I finished all my work assignments so I have today off, hopefully Cody won't miss me at lunch time. I will continue to pack my bags and prepare for the long home trip. And have rest a bit before flight.

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I was preparing teas today for my last day, I weighed them packaged them and labelled them and put the price on them. I could to try many different teas when I was here and got the opportunity to buy some supplement and vitamins which I'll bring back to Ireland. I'm glad and grateful I got to do work experience here and have learned a lot. Although I've enjoyed my time in perpignan I'm looking forward to going back to Ireland.

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Today I did Gaussian splatting in work and did a little more coding then after work we had a meeting at alfmed the meeting was about how we got on in are work placements and on the Erasmus trip then we booked are flights for Saturday and we got Indian food after that we all went out to the pub and played darts we played 501 and I Won.

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Today I did the texturing and shading of three religious statues in Blender. I finished my homework, had lunch with Cody and then we waited together for the bus to go to the meeting. After that, I attended a meeting at Alfamed. It was quite a busy and productive day.

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Unfortunately I have been extremely unwell the last few days and was unable to work due to a fracture in my foot. It was devastating for me and really hated missing out on my placement!
But today I made the journey to Boulangerie Le Levain d'Hélios for the last time to collect my paper work and get some feedback!
They all had the nicest things to say about me and it was an extremely emotional goodbye, 20/20 on my papers and a conversation about coming back in the winter to work with them if not before it 👩🏼‍🍳
I was told that it wasn’t like having an intern while I was there it was like another member of staff, I was complimented on my skills in the patisserie industry, my people skills and how I brightened up the shop everyday.
I have been told my integration into company was so smooth and like I had been working along side them all for years.
I am extremely proud of myself and all the hard work has paid off 🇮🇪🇫🇷👩🏼‍🍳

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Today in work I had one task for the whole day. Three big boxes of coriander arrived and I spent the whole day separating leaves from stems. Normally only one per day arrives and I get it done quickly  but today it seemed to take forever.

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The sun returned eventually-so after an earlier finish at work yesterday I took the bus to Carnet Sud (beach) & spent few hours enjoying the sun & sea there. At work I have just about mastered how to prepare squid- 37 in total-a lot of work & mess!

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Last week it rained, one Thursday I came home from work, after not sleeping much, I decided to walk around Perpignon, first I came across huge 🌵 cacti that I had never seen before, they were up to 5 meters... (but that's not what the comment to this video is about), then I decided to go to the castle of the kings of Mallorca, but the gates to the main entrance were closed... 🤔 and after thinking a bit I went forward, and then I heard music from afar, when I approached this building my first thoughts were, maybe this is some kind of music pub🧐 why not take a look inside...? when I was there I discovered that people were just... sitting in different rooms and rehearsing. In some rooms there were drums 🪘 in another 🎸 guitars, one room was for dancing, and in the last one (what caught my attention the most) there was a group of trumpeters and 🎷 saxophonists 😆 I was simply amazed by what was happening there and I decided to stay and listen to them,🤷‍♂️ where else and when can I attend something like this??? the music was incredible... the atmosphere in the air was simply charged with the energy of positivity and musical creativity... I just once when I was 13-14 years old also went to music school, learned to play the trumpet (but I have completely forgotten everything since I left it). later they explained that they are just a group of people who like music 🎵 and they gather there to rehearse and give concerts, their concert will be on June 8, unfortunately I will already be in Ireland, but I decided to definitely attend the next rehearsal which will be next Thursday... They said that I can come and listen...
That was great!!!

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I had a busy day at work today, retopology three statues for the church, firstly the Mary Magdalene statue, I did manual retopology for better detailing. Had lunch with Cody, as always played with the dog in his office, talked and drank coffee together. I think this job helped me improve my communication skills.

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Today at work I spend hours peeling roasted bellpeppers for the special house sauce. It took forever but I’d say I’m now a pro at peeling them as I got quite quick and efficient at it.

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Collioure, what can I say about this place🧐I've been there three times, all three times I was incredibly delighted with both the beauty and the coziness of this city, but my goal 🎯 was to spend time on the beach by the sea, it was very nice to spend time there, the beaches are small and beautiful, and the water is almost transparent (you can see the fish swimming nearby) and of course it's warm on a hot sunny day, I was there this Tuesday and Wednesday, fortunately my work ended at one o'clock in the afternoon, so I had a lot of time after lunch to relax on the seashore in a paradise in France called Collioure ...

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My finished donuts in blender

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Video with my donut in blender

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On Monday Cliona  and I had an took trip to the small town of Villefranche-de-Conflent in hopes of catching the Petit Train Jaune through the Pyrenees. We took a train from Perpignan to Villefranche-de-Conflent, and managed to get tickets for the 1:50 PM ride.
While waiting, we strolled to   town of Villefranche-de-Conflent which was a beautiful old town with lots of small shops. We also decided to also visit the Grottes des Canalettes, which are impresseive  caves with stalagmites and stalactites.

Finally, we boarded the yellow train's managing to sit in the open-roof carriage and enjoyed beautiful views as it climbed higher. We stopped at Mont-Louis, a small fortified town but since it was quite misty, we cut our visit short and boarded the train back down the mountains.

It was a very nice day out and it even included meeting a very friendly orange cat!!

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On Sunday our group visited Carcassonne. We took the train and strolled thru the town until we arrived the medieval walls and castle on top of a hill. It was very nice and after touring the castle, we got food and stilled through the small alleyways with its many shops.
Once we arrived back in Perpignan a couple of us went to a local beer festival that was taking place in the courtyard close to our accommodation.

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Deliciuse 👩🏼‍🍳

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Yesterday in work I had the task of making a French flan. I have never made a flan before so I was extremely proud of myself for achieving this on the first attempt.
I still can’t believe how incredibly lucky I am to have beeb given this opportunity. I am learning every single day, not just with expanding my skills and knowledge in my work placement, but also improving my French skills and learning so much history and culture outside of my placement too.
And not forgetting the amazing friendships I’m making along the way.
J’adore mon expierience Erasmus 🇫🇷

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We visited carcassone on Sunday and what an amazing place it was.
I got off the train and thought that was it but when we walked up the hill and seen the castle and the walled city inside it was magical
I walked around and seen so many beautiful shops and sights and rang home to show them how stunning the place was.
It was a day that made me sad to be going home so soon 🥹
Thank you to the amazing Anton and Antonia for bringing us there, keeping us safe and as always the love and laughs we have with them ❤️

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Mount Louis- in the mist!

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Grottes des Canalettes

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It was an early start today for Anna & me to take a trip through the Pyrenees mountains in the small yellow train/ le Petit Train Juane. Initially we took the train from Perpignan to Villefranche de Confluent. As the first yellow train was booked out already we booked the next available train at 1.50pm. While waiting we walked to the nearby quaint small fortified Villefranche de Confluent town which had ramparts & several craft shops within its walls. Then we visited the nearby Grottes des Canalettes which were caves with many amazing stalagmites & stalactites before starting our journey up the mountains in the yellow trains open carraige. The views were lovely as the train chugged along at 30km going higher & higher over bridges & through many tunnels before reaching our destination of Mont Louis station. As the round trip in total takes 6 hours over 63km we picked Mont Louis as a midpoint stop to return from. This very small fortified town was a 15 minute walk from the train station & was shrouded in mist as was right on the top of the Pyrenees. The descent down the Pyrenees to Villefranche de Confluent was equally beautiful & delivered us to our normal train back to Perpignan at 6.14pm. A long but lovely day overall.

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Yesterday, as a group we visited Carcassonne medieval fortified castle & it's 3km of ramparts. The castle was built in 12th centuary & from 1853 took 35 years to renovate. Within the walls there were many craft shops & restaurants- it was a lovely trip. The day ended with a craft beer festival in the local plaza.

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On Sunday we traveled to Carcassonne, a wonderful beautiful small town with a castle and a bridge and many architectural monuments. I had fun in the company of friends Cody, Victor, Emma, Sean, Joshua, etc. We walked around the old castle and near the church, took pictures of the scenery and enjoyed our time together.

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After a 25 minute walk through Carcassonne we arrived at the castle located at the top of a very steep hill, Regardless of the steep incline the town inside was full of tourists, shops and a great atmosphere so it was well worth it. Delighted to have experienced Carcassonne and would highly recommend.

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Today we all went to carcassonne, a walled castle city, medieval vibe.

It was amazing and so beautiful and the food was lovely, bife and erasmus planned this trip and although I was reluctant to go at first definitely would of missed out by not going so thanks bife for planning this and would highly recommend

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Today we visited Carcassonne, the walled city, it was beautiful place to see and I would go back but the hill up was dreadful, got some souvenirs for my family and went and  visit the castle

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Today we went on a trip to carcassonne and we went up to the castle and looked around the shops I got a few things for my family and got a burger for dinner also we looked around the castle and saw a few statues had good time

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We went on a trip to Carcassonne today, had an amazing time, walked around the castle and took some nice pictures, also tried the crepes there and we're unreal. Definitely would go back again, really enjoyed it !!

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Trip to Carcassonne

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We are returning from Carcassonne, hmm it was just wonderful, I am glad that the college decided to give us a tour there, because there is really something to see there, if you are in this part of France, be sure to visit this town, namely the famous castle inside this town (but the city itself is also beautiful). There is its own microdistrict with its own microclimate of medieval architecture, it feels a bit like you were in a game where you need to complete some quests))) it is worth going there with any company in the circle of noisy friends who love to travel or with a quiet family for a home (romantic dinner) everyone will find something there for themselves!

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Anton, Antonia and me went to visit the castle in Perpignan. It was very interesting to see all the different rooms and we got a very good view from Perpignan and the surrounding area from one of the towers. We then had a picnic infront of it and enjoyed the sunshine before heading home.

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View city (Carcassonne)from castle

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We went in Carcasone)))

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Yesterday a few of us took a day trip to the beach. We played football, sunbathed and swam for 7 hours, leaving majority of us completely drained but delighted that we took the time to visit Canet Beach.

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@ Canet Beach, weather was unreal and maintained 21+ degrees temperature from 1:30pm when we arrived until 8pm when we left. The beach was one of the nicest I’ve seen and I’m going to try visit once more before leaving Perpignan!.

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Today Dylan, Lyubov and I went to perpignan city centre to go shopping, we went to multiple comic and anime styled stores and got tons of things that interested us.

3 chilled fizzy drinks in the sun later and we continued on shopping!

Overall an amazing way to spend my day with two other awesome people

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Over the course of the week my work moved over to more complex 3D modelling and running 3d simulations.

Ive had a brilliant and enriching experience so far !

My team and I have also been moved upstairs to a bigger office with more space, yet Mist (the dog) continues to follow and beg to play with me till the end of time 🙃

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Today I went around Perpignan with Cody and lyubov we went into a few shops and we took  a few pictures and we say a band playing in the courtyard

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Day off

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Meet my lovely coworker and ray of sun-shine Stanley.  I’m definitely not being told to post this and I love him very much 😂

No but in all honesty. All my coworkers are great and we have a lot of fun and jokes when it’s quiet in the restaurant. I’m very grateful for them as they make the long hours of breading chicken and doing the dishwasher fun and something to look forward to everyday.

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Today I spent a productive day at work, worked on the UV map and watched the tutorial. I improved my skills in Blender and Photoshop. I looked at the Geometry nodes sections. The atmosphere was friendly and cozy. Despite the rain, the mood was good. Make donuts and decorate its with geometry nodes.

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The room in Palais des Rois de Majorque with the seasonal display

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Petite chapel in Palais des Rois de Majorque 

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Petite chapel in Palais des Rois de Majorque 

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Palais des Rois de Majorque internal courtyard

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Palais des Rois de Majorque internal courtyard