If we discount a surreal Serbian punk-Irish concert I once went to in Novi Sad, this was my first official St Patricks celebration. Washed the parade down with a couple of pints of Smithwick's Pale Ale and got the next day off work! Bliss. Enjoy the pictures.
Happy Paraders.
Some groups were better wrapped up than others
A member of the Swiss contingent in the People's parade.
Music instruments you have to climb inside to play could get heavy after an hour of marching!
Parade groups ranged from the traditional...
...to other sorts of 'traditional'...
...to the downright bizarre!
As Irish as it gets?
