Architecture was interesting throughout the city. The colored doors, the pubs and ornamentation was like what I expected.
The 17th turned out to be quite an experience. The news report said there was over 200,000 people in the city for the parade. It sure looked like it. And I was not the only one that wore a green hat. It would be an interesting piece of useless information to know how many silly felt hats there were in Dublin that day. The parade went for about 2 hours. There was a theme as many of the floats had a similar look but I cannot tell you what that theme was. Maybe you can figure it out. Maybe wierdness. Some had acrobats, some had music, and some had creatures of another world.
Some people climbed up the building to get good shots. No police seemed to mind. No one I saw got hurt. A good time was had by all.
It had been a very dry parade so it was now time to deal with the growl in our stomach and throat. Just down the street towards the Temple Bar District we came upon the Vat. With no one in there it looked like a good place to park our tire feet and decide what to do next. 5 hours later we left.
The Temple Bar area is an area where they say 1000 bars are located. How much Guinness is consumed in this area would be hard to verify. Outside one bar alone there was a stack of over 100 kegs. We had awesome food in this area and did not go into more than a handfull of establishments. I will have to pace myself next year and try to spread myself around a little more. Or maybe i can just move there.
We did visit St Patrick's Cathedral bit did not stay long because they were out of Guinness. It was St. Patrick's Day you know. We cannot wait to go again next year. Enjoy Life.
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