I'm trying to figure out how to post pics on here. Not sure if I'm doing it incorrectly or it just doesn't want to work... bear (bare?) with my while I try again tomorrow. I will also post more pics tomorrow (hopefully) as this computer doesn't seem to want to let me do anything... including type!

Another fun weekend in the city... as at home, the fine weather prefers to come out on weekdays, but that 's okay! Friday night there just happened to be a party bus travelling between all the Irish pubs in pre-celebration of everyone's favorite Saint, so we took advantage of the free transportation to see some of the suburbs. We looked up & down the street, then walked into the pub.

Saturday there was at St. Patrick's Day parade on Queen Street at noon and the some Irish music and festivity at the market. It was only noon and the beer tent was full (I saw this one from the oputside only). We were too busy as it was off to the Pacifika Festival. It's a huge celebration of the Pacific Islands. It was held in a park outside the city centre, and the park was divided into sections for each country (Samoa, Cook islands, Fiji, etc) where they had food and craft stalls and music and entertainment representing the culture of that country. There were 150,000 in the park yesterday as it's really just a 1-day thing. That's more than the population of PEI all in one park. Great afternoon with lot's of new things all around us. The coolest was probably the hut in the Samoa village where they peeled coconuts by driving them onto a large spike, then a man held them in one hand as he wacked on them with a machete (not sure at which stage it turns from just a giant knife into a machete, but this was big), stuck a straw in them and wham - you had fresh coconut juice, drunk straight from the coconut.

Last night we opted to lay low and go to a movie (Stuck on you, highly entertaining, although I am a cheap laugh). We went to New Market to try and see Lost in Translation but it sold out as we arrived at the ticket counter. I 've gone to the movies more here than in the past year total. Fun times.