Happy Paddy's Day

I think it is no breaking news anymore announcing that Paddy's Day is this year on Monday, but that was the reason why we had already Paddy's weekend over here. Including packed pubs and the obligatory street parade which is the biggest of its kind in the mid-west. After 3 1/2 hours waving to a never ending stream of floats and marching bands you surely agree to that too!


Most of the floats were celebrating their Irish heritage and it was really impressive to see how many Irish dancing schools or Irish/Scottish pipe bands are around. Other were not really related to Ireland as such, but still interesting to see. Especially the huge number of antique cars.


A commonly unknown fact is that at the time the Death Star blow up it had a quite big and vibrant Irish community on board. To remember their sacrifice this float was put together ;-)
Alright, Death Star... Irish pubs. That doesn't really work well together, but if you keep in mind that more the 25% of the Americans think they are direct descend of Irish immigrants, so are the actors in that movie too. And suddenly it is not that far fetched anymore ;-)

And there was a surprise waiting for me too... the next president(s) of the United States were already there. Hillary and Obama sharing the presidency! Funny though that Obama was whiter then the bodyguards protecting the limo :-)


I wish all of you a happy Saint Patrick's Day! Have a pint for me back in Dublin :-)