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Tuesday 19 August 2014

Photo: August trips Italy-Slovenia

Ronchi dei Legionari, WWI memorial in Redipuglia
Here on monumental terraces are buried the remains of 100,187 fallen: 39,857 known and 60,330 unknown
Aquileia
Basilica of Aquileia, 1031, rebuilt in 1379

Castle Duino, Sistiana and Porto Piccolo
Castle Duino

Soča


Korita Mostnice
Waterfall Mostnica
Vogel
View of Lake Bohinj
Felt ice cold
And to end the day we went to Bled for kremšnite :P

Monday 18 August 2014

Photo: Ireland

Ireland, always dreamed of visiting one day, and this year I finally did! 7 days, well 6 to be telling the truth (it took us one day to get to Dublin, felt like flying to the end of the world) and 1.500 photographs, 20 videos. The path we took was something like this: Venice-Frankfurt-London-Dublin, then Belfast, Derry, Donegal, Sligo, Westport, Galway, Aran Islands (Inishmore), Cliffs of Moher, Ring of Kerry, Killarney, Watervillage, Cork, Cahir, Cashel, Killkenny and back to Dublin airport. 7 different hotels, and only one of them had a ghost in the room ;) 35 people plus tour guide and a driver, a very pleasant bunch. As there is a lot of photographs, it took me some time to put something together, so here it is:

Since we missed two connected flights I had the opportunity of sitting by the window and viewing London as we landed (such a big city)
I loved that every night we spent in a different hotel. The hotel that impressed me the most was Jameson, but I don't remember in which town.
Molly Malone and a pub in Dublin, others are details from Belfast.
Belfast, the dock where Titanic and Olympic were made (when she left, she was fine). A very interesting walk.
Giant's Causeway, the audio guide you receive on entering here is really great.
Peace lines and monument for Bloody sunday
Mostly from Donegal.
Sligo, with W.B. Yeats grave
Carrowmore
Monument dedicated to Great Famine
Kylemore Abbey

On Inishmore, one of Aran Islands, we rented bikes and biked across it.
Worm Hole, one of the most amazing things we saw.
Cliffs of Moher
Bunratty Village
Bunratty Castle
On the way through Ring of Kerry we also had the opportunity of listening to Irish pipes.
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Lots of stories gather in such a short amount of time. It was worth it. And since I love music, here are a few Irish tunes as well:
Sláinte! ;)

Saturday 9 August 2014

Poem: Losing




another street
another chance
yet she runs away
'cause it's all she's ever known
all she's ever loved has perished
no safe ground to land on
and her wings flutter with madness
*
no matter how familiar a name can sound
no matter where home can be felt
it all disappears, even if guarded
the surface of our hearts torn
from all the shakes we let in
this man-made suffering
can make a stone of the heart
*
losing is a game of the wind
the speed at which it takes
the blows it leaves behind
the chills it sets down the skin
there are galaxies hidden in the stories we write
and some words too, may lose their meaning
but in doing so what do they gain?
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Yesterday I watched a movie called Short term 12; and since lately I've been feeling like I'm losing everything and everyone, this poem just poured out.