Brendan and I met up with some church friends to watch the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. We got there early and stacked out a front row seat. Our spot ended up being absolutely PERFECT! Right in front of us was a camera so all the groups would stop and play right there!
 |
| Brendan, Hannah, Esther, Simone, Brad AND a lady photo bombing right behind us :P |
 |
| I..... Don't even know. |
 |
| The city all decked out :) |
 |
| The "gang" - Brad, Simone, Brendan and Esther. |
 |
| People starting to gather |
 |
| Escorting the President of Ireland |
 |
| Look at all that green! |
 |
| It's starting!!!! |
 |
| The Irish Army |
 |
| The Irish Fire Brigade |
 |
| Evidently they pick a famous person every year to be the "Grand Marshal" of the parade and this is a famous Irish comedian. |
 |
| Our roommates Bo and Sarah have been working with this youth band all year |
 |
| I LOVED the German outfits! I want a dress like this and a hat with ribbons down the back :) So cute. |
 |
| I REALLY thought this said "Colorado" from this distance and got really excited. Only to find out later it was Coronado. :( |
 |
| The Opera Singing huge dolls... |
 |
| Temple Bar right after the parade. it was PACKED |
 |
| That bridge was packed with people trying to get across... |
After the parade we went to our church which looks out to this street in the picture above. Some friends went there to watch the parade out the window. We hung out and ate some nice snack-y foods. Then we were invited over to another church family's house for dinner so we made our way to the Dart (the train) out of the city. Nice relaxing evening after a fun day down-town watching the parade.
Nothing about the actual Saint. Huh. Guess that's for the churches? Hope you lifted a stout for me in his honor.
ReplyDelete