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HI Andrea.

One of my favorite destinations for pastry in Europe is Austria. There are some fine pastry shops there, perhaps you could try to get a job in one of them? One of my faves is Cafe Zauner in Bad Ischl. In Vienna there's Demel, which I like better than Sacher, but Zauner is above them both IMO. Cafe Central (sp) might be a possibility too. Just some thoughts.

Since you're in Ireland there's Ballymaloe, don't know how good it is but if you're near, you could see if they have anything day course wise that would be of interest to you. I know they do short courses. It's broader than pastry.