Today was the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade here in Montreal. And I must say that, despite the slightly chilly weather and our disturbing inability to find green antlers, it was a blast!
Throngs of people turned out, all wearing green, to come together to celebrate one of the few events in Montreal that isn’t political, and thus can be enjoyed by everyone. After all, beer is very inclusive.
It seemed just about everyone had a float, from the advertisers to the boroughs. PM Paul Martin was greeted with a lukewarm response from the crowd, and a flurry of action from the TV cameras, when he passed by. The radio stations all had floats, the queen and princess received a lot of enthusiastic cheering… actually, pretty much everyone received enthusiastic cheering – from us, that is. And a very drunk, rather large woman wearing a “kiss me, I’m Irish” t-shirt managed to hug and kiss more people than I could count.
By the way, to the very understanding woman standing in front of us listening to us act completely drunk while still completely sober, thanks for being such a good sport.