Sarah & Paul managed to put EU policy to the test and land themselves jobs. They had to brave the elements of a chilly afternoon in Budapest but it was worth it as they completed task one - Get a job! A local SuperMark and TUC crackers put Team One to work and helped us demonstrate how any EU Citizen is entitled to work in most EU countries.

Gaelglors Alex and Ailbhe hit the streets of Budapest, and with the help of a "random cute guy whose brother worked in Cork" they found a job in a local Vintage clothing shop. Talk about using connections to find a job! Alex on the other hand bagged herself a bit of work in the local Starbucks and put proof to the pudding that all you need is an EU passport to find job anywhere in the EU.

Our men in Belfast, James and Aaron set out early to find work. They tried and tried until Aaron landed a job in a local clothing store. Thanks to the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK, and EU policy that gives workers rights to everyone in the EU, the two lads managed to complete this task. They celebrated with their trade mark ehmm "meow" song. See the original here

After a hard day's work completing task one yesterday, Sarah and Paul had a early start to task one: Travel across three EU countries in one day without border checks, visas, or red tape. As Sarah and Paul found out, this was as easy as traveling from Dublin, to Galway, via Mullingar thanks to the EU's Schengen agreement.

With the help of the famously efficient train network on continental Europe, Ailbhe and Alex had no problems traveling through three EU countries in one day. The girls managed to see the sights along the way too in Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna and avoided showing a passport at any point during their journey between all three cities proving the concept of borderless travel within the EU.

James and Aaron were tasked to find out more on the EU's Peace III programme along the border counties of the Republic of Ireland the Northern Ireland. Patrick Kelly from the Challenge of Change programme which is part of the Peace III Southern Partnership in Newry. They found about how the Challenge for Change programme helps ethnic minority communities and individuals to help them integrate with the local community.

Sarah and Paul had an early start with their task today in Vienna where they had to get local people to sign a petition on social media privacy in the EU. Likes like the made a good effort and managed to get 100 people to sign up.

Alex and Ailbhe started off from their hostel asking people to sign their mini Citizens' Initiative petition to get the EU to do more about protecting your privacy on social media. They got off to a great start and continued to rack up signatures for their petition with the help of some friendly Austrian locals. Not sure how they ended up in the pub, but it was a job well done.

When we asked James and Aaron from Eurotrip Team 3 to gather 100 signatures for a European Citizens' Initiative petition in Athenry, Galway, we knew it was going to be a tough task. Turns out it was more than an uphill struggle and they found nobody on the streets, (or fields) of Athenry to sign their mini Citizens' Initiative. They did a good explaining what the Citizens' Initiative is all about though.

We asked Sarah and Paul to blag themselves onto a media channel (radio, tv,print or online) to talk about Eurotrip Citizen X. They didn't do a bad job and landed themselves a radio interview on Clare FM, a write up in a German online publication, as well as a mention in the Clare Champion. Not bad going.

Alex and Ailbhe had a very very busy day which saw them appear on local German TV station RTL Hessen, as well as chatting to a local radio station. They also got to show off their language skills and ask local people in Frankfurt about their thoughts on what it means to be European.

James and Aaron aced their task and managed to feature on two radio stations on Ireland show casing their Eurotrip experience. We reckon James has a promising media career ahead of him with this stellar performance.