Irish music session in Kilbroney pub - Rostrevor

Just a step back to post the video of one of the best Irish music sessions to which I had the chance to attend. Funny as this was in the small village of Rostrevor ....(give a look here as I have already spoken of that day :))

As also Wikipedia teaches ( ;)) ...." Irish traditional music sessions are mostly informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. The Irish language word for "session" is seisiún....

....Barry Foy's Field Guide to the Irish Music Session defines a session as:

...a gathering of Irish traditional musicians for the purpose of celebrating their common interest in the music by playing it together in a relaxed, informal setting, while in the process generally beefing up the mystical cultural mantra that hums along uninterruptedly beneath all manifestations of Irishness worldwide. "


Enjoy! :) :)

A corner of sweetness in West Belfast

I loved Belfast.

And I loved the West part, which is the symbol of the strength of the Irish people fighting for their independence...here the murals recalling either the three decades of civil war for the independence or, oppositely, the feeling of being part of the United Kingdom, are the main "touristic" attraction.

But here you are not in a touristic area. Until some years ago it was not considered safe to walk along this quarter, and still you have the sensation of being in an area where people is trying hardly to come out from poverty and "depression".

Well, in my treasure murals hunt (;)...still a treasure btw! :)) I came across to this fantastic colourful shop... "The Candy Store on the corner", at the top of Cavendish street across from St Pauls. So, follow their creation on their facebook page, but get in loved with them thanks to my photos ;). The lady (I guess the owner) is also so nice, fact that could tempts you to buy even more! ;)

PS: I was in the West of Belfast the 27th of July 2015 and with no problem and with no bad sensations I wander around until around 9 pm...however, I have to record that on the 4th of August a small bomb was found in the area (the news), as one guy that I met days after in Galway and who was unlucky to be there that day, told me also and described the like-film situation with 5 or 6 police cars all around...



 

 

 

Irish city life #1

One of the various (well...of a lot of! :)) things that I loved of Ireland is the possibility that one has to be what he/she wants to be...I had already found something similar in Glasgow several years ago, and then of course NYC is the maximum example of the freedom of being one's self...maybe this is a characteristic of the Anglophone people..well, I do not know...

The fact is that it is normal to see in the street young and less young women with pink hairs, or dressing in a "strange" way...

I liked for example the tattoo-woman in the photo...so she is the main character of today post! ;)

Belfast, 29/07/2015

...Take your own road, no matter where it will bring you....

Killarney National Park

Last fish and chips tonight...the last new people met (an Italian couple from Rome :))..and tomorrow I will be flying back to Lux :(

Thanks for all Ireland..you and your people are great...I loved every corner of you and I loved as you were able to surprise me every day....

The concert of two days ago was fantastic...just give a look to Riona..she has a fantastic voice and is so sweet...

She played this one also....as cover...I leave it to you...enjoy and good night!

(Pale Moon by Shannon McNally)

...riflessioni! :) ..before the Concert of this evening! :)

Well, here we are....

really no time to write anything during all these days, with a walking pace of at least 10 km per day, passing from ferries, bicycles, horses...etc...I am "a little" tired....actually I am destroyed! ;) ;)...positively tired...:) :)

but I want to write this before I come back to Lux and feelings and sensations pass...(PS: in all of this, I am in the bed of the B&B with the laptop in my knees and awake since 6am this morning.....to swim in the ocean!! :)..so forgive me if I will make EN errors, more than usual I mean! ;))

Last day one of my friend liked one of my photos in facebook, one photo of one and half month ago....so it came to my attention...well, I looked at me and I saw me so different...

I think this trip is changing me in someway or another, maybe I am just more conscious of my capabilities, more self-confident...

It seems that months are passed from that photo, or from the beginning of this trip..but in reality it is not,...it is just that I have been doing so many things....

As I wrote to a close friend of mine some days ago, this trip could have not been different. Just perfect. Just me and my needs, my willingness and wills, my chats with the people met,...

I just had the confirmation that I am perfectly fine with myself......people sometimes does not stay by themselves ..to be alone you have to be strong because when you are alone you cannot escape from your thoughts.....whatever they are..

I know all my nightmares and my devils, and I know how to cope with them. I know all my fairies that still make me dream impossible dreams.....I know all of them and they do not scare me....

I met people who considered me brave to do this by my own, that told me that they would have never done it...etc etc...for me it came all so easy (and anyway, I am in Europe, I would have been braver if I was doing something like that in a developing countries..)..and actually when people ask me "are you not scared of being alone and doing this by yourself?"...my answer is "no"...and yesterday I have just realised that actually I would have been scared if I would have not been able to do that!!! :)

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flavia