St. Patrick's Day

So St. Patty's Day wasn't quite what I expected here, so close to Ireland. I was expecting some remark of wishing me a happy day or at least some green.... no no.

Here there is no pinching (which I learned after having pinched sadly enough), there are no leprechaun tales, no dying rivers green, no shamrocks, no potatoes (that's Irish), no nothing. The only thing different about today then every other day is a more reason to drink. What a shame. I happen to like St Patrick's Day!

I'm sure I will live, but most holidays here seem to be rather on the lame side. The holiday that sounds like a lot of fun though is bonfire day! It's sometime in the summer. Apparently once upon a time hundreds of years ago someone tried to bomb parliament but he got caught first and they burned him in a bonfire. They celebrate bonfire day every year as "the day parliament didn't get blown up." Isn't that every day? Oh well. It includes a big bonfire and bonfire candy and fireworks! Not quite the fourth of July and no corn but still joyous.