LuCiA mOvEd tO mOnKStOwN

So I am living as a human being is/has been ment to live...

Nice, cosy, warm, sunny, dry and non-smelling little room in a nice, cosy, warm, sunny, dry and non-smelling little appartment!

A few pics, so you can judge for yourselves in fact!

I LOVE IT!!!

vianoce xtmas natale 2008

NOW OBVIOUSLY - this story is a bit out of place in here, I mean - being posted so late AFTER Christmas time. But I trust you will forgive me that and just enjoy the pics (2 of then anyway...)

Stedry Vecer 2008

Nasa kuchyna (a sviatocna vecera) a nasa tichonocna (pred-polnocna) obyvacka... Taky mily maly domcek (to bolo predtym, ako sa to vsetko pokaslalo... Too bad...)

Vianocny stromcek "ponekud sverazny" (t.j. listnaty...), ale - lepsie nieco ako nic, no nie?? A bol mily...

... how i looked for a new abode - SUCCESSFULLY!!!

my cottage's "psychological problems" and how i hunted for a new abode...

HiTTiNg 35...

So - another year is gone, another year is "compiuto" - it is on Saturday the 13th that I turned 35... Can you believe it? And first days of the 36th year of my earthly existence begun to flow by... Saturday was a lovely day. It started with mum and myself sleeping in... (he he he), then having a late (and abundant!!!) breakfast, and going downtown Dublin then. Once there, we went to the Whitefriars' Church, where I made it to confession, and we then prayed in thanksgiving - my mum for me, and I - for the gift of parents and of life... We also managed to pray to St. Valentine (who's remains are kept in this particular church) - that he may help me to find a - - - a him for me, so that I don't have to spend the other 35 years of my life all alone and sad, right? He said he'd take care of it. And I do belive him... Hmmm. Strolled thru the town then, saw a few great shop windows, got a cup of hot Butler's Chocolate and - headed home.... And - actually - gota few pictures, too, for all of you to see, so - here they go. HAVE A GOOD ONE and THANKS FOR BEING!!!

Sunny afternoon in Blackrock. On our way to the DART station.

After confessions, and my fervent prayers to St. Valentine...

By White Friars' Church. Aren't we just lovely???

Oh, eternal kids - my mum and I... But, would you not want a house like one of these? FOr real or at least a doll house? I would not mind at all...

...as a matter of fact, this is how I will be living, one day (before I die... keep dreaming...)

just so...

autoportrait - again...

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v dun laoghaire - 2 - GRIMASY

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NAsi V MesTE / my PAreNTs iN toWN 3

nAsI v MeStE / mY pArEnTs In ToWn - 2

NaSi V mEsTe / My PaReNtS iN tOwN - 1

October weekends 2 - ZUZU in town

Another october weekend - Sunday 19th and Monday 20th.
Zuzu came to visit, on her way home...
This one, too, was a nice little time, with a nice little friend...




Going to the DART station, heading to town.







Looking into sun... and smilling at life and at pain and at - broken hearts... That, too, shall pass. In the meantime, let's smile and cry together...









Lucia sat under the palm-tree... Or - a flower? Depends on the one who is looking... Does it mean that everything is relative. Yes, it does - everything, indeed, is relative (meaning - in relation to something... :-)))

October weekends - ANDREA in town

Weekend from 10th to 12th of October -
Andrea came to visit.
Had a couple of good days - weather was friendly (not even dublin-like, to both of us joy!!!) and mild, and - in a good weather, and with a friend, even Dublin, Ireland feels different...
Quiet time for writing postcards... ... and a bit less quiet time for strolling through Temple Bar area of Dublin...
... and through St. Stephen's Shopping Mall (Centre)...

... but also - afterwards, when one isi tired and thirsty and hungry - a quiet moment in a local pub, for a cup of tea... tasted sooooo goooood....

This one is what has become a familiar view to more of you, is it?

Lucia in Dun Laoghaire, by the Lighthouse, on a pier...

PETER CIP in town :-)

Peter Cip - a dear friend from times back in Rome. Brought over a bunch of young people (on their way back form Medjugorje) s0 - after years (was it 4?? yes - it was!!) we met again - in a city of Dublin, on irish island - a priest from the USA and me - little Slovak pilgrim (or gypsy if you will...). Had it not been for a headache that was killing me, I would say - short but great meeting... And - as pictures can make you inderstand - we met by the Guinness Factory... Heee :-) This is a licence for 9000 years, given to so-and-so Guinness... So it looks like, if the world is still up and running in 8000 and somethng years - there still will be also Guinness.... Hm, dunno, is it a good news, or rather not?
Afterwards "shopping break down" in Dublin down-town... Aren't they "luvly"???

DAVID v meste / in town

V utorok 29. juna, na poludnie, doleteli do Dublina na navstevu (dovolenku) Davidko s Karin a Martinom. Odchadzaju zajtra - 5. augusta a tieto tu su niektore s fotiek ktore som nafotila pocas nasich par spolocnych dni.

Hned v prvy den, na ceste do Dun Laoghaire, kde sme sa boli "zasobit" potravinami a, zaroven, kde sa moji traja zoznamili s DART-om (Dublin Area Rapid Transport - v podstate nadzemne dublinske "metro") tak, aby potom vedeli ako a odkial cestovat.

Este stale prvy den, toto uz na ceste z Tesca a z pinty piva (dali sme si - David s Karin Guinness-a, Martin a ja horucu cokoladu - v jednom miestnom pub-e, od smadu a aj ako opatrenie proti dazdu - vid mokry chodnik). V pozadi, len velmi "symbolicky" (ten fotoaparat sa akosi kazi...) je vidno cast Dun Laoghairskeho pristavu.

V stredu obisli celkom pekny kus mesta. Tato fotka je ale az zo stvtrku, ked obisli zostavajucu cast mesta a ked sme sa stretli (po mojej robote) v centre. V pozadi za nasimi je vidno (zle som si to nastelovala, ale som sa snazila zachytit ludkov namiesto budovy - ved, viem, dalo sa aj oboje...) Trinity College. Ako vidite - pocasie celkom prialo...

Tuto je David so mnou - sedime na Pearse Station, cakajuc na vlak domov. Jesto viacej fotiek, ale tie su uz menej verejneho charakteru :-)