Joe flew in on the 16th and us three got to bum around the city a little bit, hit a pub or two, but eventually the jet-lag got the best of Joe and we got an early night.
Meier kids at the Palace Bar; Dublin, Ireland
Good thing too. Saturday morning, we all woke up, made breakfast and headed into town for the parade. Despite giant green hats in my face, I got a pretty good view of the parade as I schooched my way to the front of the crowd. The parade was very colorful and theatrical. It was really fun to watch. A lot better than all the parades in Great Falls! (Sorry the pictures are so small. If you click them though, they'll get bigger. A lot bigger.)
Giant Puppet in the Parade
A flock of flying nuns!
Flags
Not sure what a fish has to do with St. Patrick, but I'll take it.
Giant, looming eyes...
No St. Patrick's Day is complete without a Drag Queen singing "I Need Hero!"
This colorful woman couldn't fit through a door.
Brother was in the back...
Boats and giant Dutch people?
Yes, the Irish are this white.
This puppet guy was really cool.
Cool horse ... things.
After the parade, we wandered to a Burger King for lunch and then ended up in the middle of a céilí (Irish Street Dance). There was a live band and hundreds of young people in the street just dancin' up a storm. It was a lot of fun. We danced at the céilí until it was over and ended up walking back to UCD, pub-hopping the way home. We ended up at a pub called Kiely's in Donnybrook for most of the night. It was great craic as the Irish say.
Meier kids, St. Patrick's Day at Kiely's; Dublin, Ireland
That's about all for St. Patrick's Day. We got home pretty late and had a rather early morning leaving the country. But that's another blog for another day when I don't have an essay I should be writing.
Until then,
Matt
1 comment:
Well said.
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