Here are some photos I took on Paddy’s Day. It was an interesting day, full of american tourists and crowded queues at the loo. The parade itself was a unique experience for someone who had never seen a big parade like that in person, or not that I could remember anyway. It all felt very olde worlde, kids & adults alike with painted faces and banging sticks on pots to whoop it up. The kids behind me were slugging beer at 11am while we waited for the parade to start, and the kids in front of me were eating icecreams while sitting between strangers legs at the front of the crowd. A Canadian Mountie went by unexpectedly at the start of the parade, and nearly made me burst into tears of lonely homesickness. I never thought of myself as a patriotic person, but there are some symbols that are very deeply ingrained.

It was good fun though, lots of old fashioned tricks and a giant fire-breathing dragon to keep the excitement levels high.

Oh, and there was new donair meat in the shop window.

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