St Patricks Day In Paris

Saint Patricks- a day symbolised across the world by Guinness, leprachauns, shamrocks, and all things green. Personally I think its a better excuse than ever for raising a few glasses. I mean imagine that horror we would be steeped in if Patrick hadn't came to Ireland-we would all be eating fried snakes for supper and have no place to congregate in on Sunday mornings for bantering!

Throughout Ireland the day is marked with festivals in every village, town and city followed by céli sessions and alot of the black and white stuff. I'm green right now- not with my St Patricks rigout but rather with envy as I sit in this hot sticky office looking out at the lovely blue sky thinking about all the others back in Eire with a day away from work, designanted for craic and spraoi.

There are many Irish bars throughout Paris that are sure to serve all the guiness and craic one could possibly need until the early hours of the morning. The only trouble is finding one thats not so packed that it takes you twenty minutes to get to the bar and another ten to order. The hideout in the fifth arrondisement offers happy hour pints at 5 €, however the Long Hop also in the fifth promises green beer- a tough decision. Corcrans have 4 bars throughout Paris and offer tasty food like Irish stew and Irish breakfast as well as creamy pints

Where ever you go your sure to bump into alot of other nationalities claiming their irish blood from descendants and ancestors. "You know my great grandmothers, brothers, sisters in laws nieces, dog was irish?" I mean seriously? Americans are with prehaps the biggest criminals when it comes to Irish nationality claiming. I find it entertaining but annoying at the same time. As the saying goes -"There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were."