St. Patty's Day Adventures in Ireland 2012 Part 2

"St. Patrick is one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish." -Charles M. Madigan

Face paint and clothed in all green?

 Check!

Waking up at the crack of dawn to get ready and head to Dublin to see a parage?   Check!

Miraculously finding a spot where 2 short girls could actually see the parade?    Check!

One RIDICULOUSLY tall asian defying all stereotypes who stood up at the last second as the parade started?   Check :(

Our reactions?   

We got to see the tops of the floats... we later watched the mind blowingly creative parade highlights on tv at a local pub in Balbriggin.... better than nothing I guess!

We left the parade early and discovered that 11am is a good time to start drinking. We found a pub that was PACKED with nothing but German and French guys. Kelsey and I were approached by 2 of them and we started doing weird dances. I got picked up and flipped! It was sooooo much fun. Kelsey wasn't as lucky. He tried to do the same to her but ended up dropping her. It was absolutely priceless. The whole pub busted out laughing. These boys were also obsessed with our face paint since the Irish don't go all out like Americans do. They rubbed their faces on our cheeks to get paint on them. Such as weird experience.

That day we visited Dublin castle where I cut myself on the date and was entirely unimpressed with the interior which was almost all modern. No wonder it only cost 3 euros. Trinity college was much more impressive. The library would take your breath away! There were thousands of books that were hundreds of years old packed everywhere you looked. It was definitely worth a visit. I want a library like that! We spent the rest of the day and night celebrating in the Irish fashion... I'll let your imaginations take you where it will with that.

 Yes. That is a huge pint full of whiskey with a hint of coke. Great night :)