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just arrived to the hostel... could not find it... and was going around in circles for a while... but the day is beautiful, bright, sunny and chilly, so - i got a first taste of - edinburgh... much better than dublin...

akuratne som dorazila do hostela... zatial musim pockat, izbu mi daju as po 14-tej... nevedela som to to tu najst... som sa zacyklila... ale napokon som to predsa a len nasla... suc zacyklivsia, "opacila" som aspon tunajsiu atmosferu... von je krasne, jasno a frisko... a edinburgh je - zatial velmi pekny... absolutne sa neda porovnat s (chudakom) dublinom :-(
tak zatial - PA PA PA

PS: photos later/fotky neskor...

EDINBURGH Scotland - tomorrowww!!!

Just wanted to announce to everyone who might be interested in knowing (now who woudl that be???), that tomorrow, March 27th 2008 I am travelling to Scotland!

More info (and photos) regarding that lovely (so I hope) stay will be posted on as soon as possible!
In the meantime - take care, have fun and - ciao!!!

AND THIS IS WHERE I GO:
http://www.spucconference.org.uk/

The FRATERNITY

Domcek na kopceku - house on the hill - domcek v ktorom byvaju Otec Nigel (kamarat a konskolak z Rima - Gregoriany) a 5 zasvatenych laiciek - Anne, Trisha, Caroline, Dona a Marie-Therese, dve Irky a tri Francuzsky. Patria do rodiny - fraternity Marie Neposkvrnenej Kralovnej (http://maryimmaculatequeen.net ) a su - SUPER!
Zlava do prava - otec Nigel (povodom Anglican, z Londona), moja malickost a Marie - jedna pani s Dublina, ktora, tak ako ja, stravila Velku Noc s fraternitou v Barne.
Mna si nepomylite s nikym - a vpravo - Marie-Therese, ktora, okrem toho ze krasne maluje, modeluje a spieva, hovori aj po taliansky, a tak som mala s kym aj po taliansky pokonverzovat.
No a toto bola izbicka kde som tie tri noci a 2 cele a 2 pol-dni stravila. Jednoducha, cista, utulna, a - plna slnka :-) [datum na fotke je zly, mala som zle nastaveny fotoaparat]
Pa pa pa pa pa

GaLwAy...

Toto je par fotiek z pobrezia pri Barne, kam som si vysla na Bielu Sobotu. Pokochajte sa sami...


These are a few photos I took over in Barna, Co. Galway, during these last couple of days. Enjoy...

Velka Noc - PASQUA 2008

Velky Piatok 2008 - cestujem z Dublina do Galway - Barny, kde mam stravit piatok, sobotu a nedelu spolu s komunitou - fraternitou Marie Neposkvrnenej Kralovnej (Mary Immaculate Queen). Autobus odchadza o 10:00 rano, do Glaway prichadzam o hodinu neskor ako mam, t.j. o 14:25. Otec Nigel, ktory patri ku komunite, ma tam trpazlivo caka, a odvaza autom do Barny (asi 4-5 km od Galway?). Prichadzame akuratne nacas - o 14:45 sa zacina modlitba korunky milosrdenstva. O 15:00 Umucenie... Jednoducha liturgia, precitena, vyspievana krasne - velmi "francuzska" (coz sa dalo ocakavat - komunita je povodom z Francuzska, a i v tejto barnskej "bunke" su 3 zo 6-tich francuzky...). Potom kratka pauza, a potom, o 18:00 Krizova cesta vonku v zahrade domu. Pocasie nam praje, a nebo vobec neslzi... ani trosku. Krizova cesta sa konci v kaplnke, kde na oltari lezi tato trnova koruna... A vecer sa konci dobrou teplou polievkovo-syrovou vecerou, jednoduchou ale o to srdecnejsou. Odchadzam do hajan o 21:30.
Biela Sobota - tichy den. Rano ranne chvaly - spievane. Potom volno az do 12:30 - vyberam sa na plaz a - fotim... Cestou spat celkom dobre co? No - zmoknem :-) Potom modlitba ruzenca. Opat kombinovana so spevom. Potom obed - vydatny. A vyberana spolocnost - sestry z komunity, Nigel, otec Michael (z Liverpool-u; byvaval dieceznym knazom, teraz sa stara o veznov v liverpoolskej veznici... je strasne "srandovny"...) a par dalsich hosti. Potom dalsi ruznec, o 15:00, a potom, az do vecere, volno. Siestujem. Vecera je studena, typu svedskych stolov, a pomerne ticha. Potom zaciname vigilnu Sv. Omsu. Na dvore pred domom. Tentokrat nebo place - pomerne vydatne. Ale len prvych 10 minut... So svieckami zapalenymi od sviece odpalenej od vatry na dvore, vchadzame do kaplnky a slavime Sv. Omsu. Krasna. Spievana. Jednoducha. Velkonocna... Aleluja!!! Myslim na mojich doma...
Velkonocna Nedela - ranna modlitba trosku neskor ("az" o 9:00), potom ranajky a radostna nalada. O 11:00-tej pozerame Urbi et Orbi z Rima. O 12:00 je slavnostna Sv. Omsa. Po nej - slavnostny obed - jahniatko s neviem kolkymi prilohami a chodmi. Dobra nalada, dobra spolocnost, srdecna a - spokojna. Myslim na mojich doma. A aj si zavolame... Poobede volno, trkoce sa, oddychuje sa, vecer sa ide "na pivo" - ale vlastne lepsie je povedat - na muziku. Do mestecka ktoreho meno som si nezapamatala, ale - nevadi. Spievaju po irsky, hraju na huslicky, gitaru a bendzo, aj pistalka je tam. Krcmicka je plna. Rozpravam sa s Nigelom a miestnym fararkom, a s otcom Michaelom. Dohodnem sa na vylete do Francuzska v maji. Hmm hmm hmm, ak sa mi bude dat. Odchadzame okolo 22:00-hej. Neskorsia vecera (lahka) a potom este trkotacky, takmer do polnoci. Och, a ozaj, je jasne ze odchadzam az zajtra - pondelok, a nie v nedelu, ako som povodne mala... Je tam jednoducho dobre, viete?
Velkonocny Pondelok - ranajky, rozlucky, a cesta do Galway - odtial busom o 10:30 - spat do Dublina.
Bolo dobre...
:-)

the ROSE

Maminka
toto je jedna z pesniciek co spievavali na Sv. Omsi v Dubline - mladi. Nasla som si slova a postla som ich tu. Posielam ti pozdravy a objimam si ta!! Aj ocka!

Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razer that leaves your soul to blead
Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need

I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

Bette Midler

St. Patrick's

Nemam ziadne nove fotky, coz je skoda, ale - cas bol zly a zni nebolo vela prilezitosti na fotenie. Akokolvek - len som chcela povedat ze som KONECNE bola v Killarney, boli fajn, stary privat - kde som byvala so Zuzkou, bol fajn a - je to skutocne rozdiel - byvat v suchom dome, kde je cloveku teplo pod jednym paplonikom... Veru sa mi dobre spinkalo, teplucko a lahucko... Coz mi chybalo uz tejto prvej noci spat v Dubline - zima a vlhko v posteli, az do kosti... Este ze mam ten termofor!!!
Pozdravujem doma!!!

Only just wanted to say I had a great time in Kilalrney, even though the weather could have been nicer... But, at least there were no big winds, and no big rains, which, too, is "blessing"!! Had a great time with Andrea and Zuzu, I really loved sleeping in a nice warm and dry room (thought of my room over here in Dublin, which is cute and small, too, but one just cannot equal a dry and new house to an old and dump cottage... Thank God I have my hot-water-bottle, yes yesss!!)
So, back to work now, it is Holy Week, soon Easter is here (will be travelling down to Galway - hope to get some pictures there!!!) and then - Scotland awaits! This month, truly, is quite "movimentato"! :-)))

Sobota 8-ho marca - 8th of March

Takto sa nas sobotny vylet skoncil - popoludni tiez trosku sprchlo, ale len malinko, a potom slnko opat vyskocilo a predtym ako zapadlo este svietilo zivo a radostne... Taketo popoludnia mam rada - nostalgicke a zive...

tak, len tak - par fotografii... hadam sa j vam budu pacit...

Hrad MALAHIDE Castle

Tak som tu mala kamaratov z Ceska, na par dni, no a, ako to uz s kamaratmi byva, clovek sa dostane aj tam kam by sa za normalnych okolnosti nedostal - lebo ved - sam?

There were friends visiting last week, so, as it happens to be, with friends, one gets to go to places one would normally not get. It is NO fun, to go places on your own, right?

V sobotu 8. marca (na MDZ) sme sa vybrali na vylet do Malahide, asi 15 km severne od Dublina. Den sa nam vydaril (az na mini dazdove intermezzo hned na zaciatku - prsalo asi 15 minut a my sme co? My sme akuratne vtedy boli na ceste na stanicu...), slnko a vietor boli uchvatne... Bolo jednoducho SUPER!!!

Saturday March 8th (back home, and in Italy celebrated as Women's Day!!!) we got to see the Malahide Castle, in Malahide. It is one of the most ancient ones in Ireland and it's owner, though she no longer lives there, and though castle now is in public care, still lives. She is 92 years old, living in Tasmania. Unfortunatelly, I already forgot the name... Oh, it is the Talbot family!!

Z lava do prava / left to right:

Maruska, Jiri a ja :-) / Maruska, Jiri and myself :-) Tato fotka je samo-fotka, a ako obvykle, som na nej ja a v pozadi hrad Malahide (len tak medzi nami, fotky z neho nemam, lebo sa dnu fotit nedalo. Ale je to velmi pekny hrad, jeden z najstarsich v Irsku, a jeho posledna "majitelka", hoci uz v nom od r. 1975 nebyva, ma dnes 92 rokov - ak som si dobre zapamatala. Meno rodiny bolo..., ci pana beka, uz som zabudla... uz viem, volali sa Talbotovci, a hrad vlastnili dobrych 800 rokov).
Na poslednej fotke sme ja s Maruskou, s v pozadi Malahidskym hradom. Mozno vidite ze vietor bolo naozaj silny a ze den bol skutocne nadherny a jasny...

5ty MAREC 2008

Dnes som bola na obede v McDonald-e... PRECO NIE?... nuz, ale teraz vazne - hej, bola som na obede v McDonald-e, lebo som nestihaladostat sa na postu a potom este aj na obed domov a potom sa vratit do prace na urcitu hodinu, ked je tu sef (hm, sef tu je, ale zatial ma nehladal, cize... ale nic, aspon som po nejakom tom case opat mala burgera!!!)
No a ako som tam pojedala burgera, tak som si spomenula - neviem preco (preco vlastne???) na to co som robila pred rokom takto. Nuz a odpoved je - ze som sa vracala z Anglicka domov na Slovensko (cez Dublin - poznamka redaktora) a chystala na tu velku udalost ktorou boal obhajoba doktoratu v Rime...
Neskor, uz v praci, som si precitala jeden mail, co mi chodieva fakticky kazdy den, mudrost z Kabbal-y, no a tak ma napadlo -
co mna vlastne motivuje?
Odpoved - musim pohladat.
Ale len tak, pre zaujimavost - co VAS motivuje?

"Co je za vasimi cinmi, za vasimi postojmi? Z coho cerpate energiu pomocou ktorej robite to co robite? Co je podstatou vasho spravania sa a konania?
Odpovedou je - uvedomenie si. Vo vasich myslienkach, vasich tuzbach, vo vasich vierach - v tom v co verite. V uvedomeni si sa skryva sklicko ceaz ktore sa pozerate na svet
TO na co myslite zafarbi (do ruzova ci cierna, ci ako? / poz. red.) vsetko na com pracujete, na co myslite...
Skuste sa dnes pozriet na to ako zijete svoj zivot. Pozrite sa na niektore z tych veci po ktorych tuzite, ktore chcete, a pokuste sa najst ktore rozlicne uvedomenia si lezia na koreni tychto (a inych) vasich tuzob.
...

Had lunch at McDonald's today... And - why not? ("Don't eat there, it's bad for you!") - I know, I know, but - I had my reasons, so... McDonald's it was!

Sat there, know not why, I happened to think of life and so, and of today and of a year ago - - - when I was actually leaving England (and, actually, via Dublin!! / that was my first encounter with Dublin airport :-)) - and it all felt so - looooong ago. Well, it's been a year, hm?

Then, later on, at work, I found these words in my inbox, so - thought about them and tought I woudl share them with you.

It is important to know WHAT lies behind...

It is important so that one can, finally, understand...

Enjoy reading:

What's behind your actions and your attitudes? What is the nature of the energy with which you do things? What is at the core of your behavior? The answer is consciousness, as in, your thoughts, your desires, your belief systems — the lens through which you view the world.

What goes on in your mind will color what you do and how you do it.

Today, take a closer look at yourself as you go about your life. Look at some of the things you are running after and see if you can discern the different kinds of consciousness you have in relation to them.

http://www.kabbalah.com/tuneups/030508.html?cid=20080305a

amici - friends - priatelia :-)))

http://amici-et-al.blogspot.com/2008/03/villa-pamphili-e-picknick-con-amici.html

so - TRUE... :-)

http://luciaklara.blogspot.com/2008/03/focus.html