To all the non-believers

It really does exist!

Let me start by mentioning how many people asked us: "Why are you going to Dublin for St. Patty's Day, you know they don't celebrate it like we do in the states". Friends, family, perfect strangers shared words of warning so we would not be disappointed when we got to Dublin and there was no "party" for St. Patty's day. You'll be relieved to know that this would not be an accurate depiction of our weekend.

Instead, as one cabbie put it, the party was "mental". There were people from all over the world in Dublin to celebrate. Everywhere you looked it was green; green hair, green clothes, green hats. The only green missing was the river and the beer (the green cocktails more than made up for it).Here are just a few (okay more than a few) of the party pictures we took during our three nights (Sat, Sun, Mon) of partying in Dublin.

20080317 - St. Patty's Party

On Sunday we toured the Guiness Store House and did a historic walking tour of Dublin.

20080317 - Dublin City Tour

20080317 - Guiness Tour

On Monday, the masses arrived early to get a good spot to view the parade. By the time we made it there we staked out a spot on the bridge hoping to catch a glimpse of the parade. Javier, having some additional height on me, was able to get a few good pictures of some of the floats.

Johnny McBoob's Turns 30!

On Friday, before heading off to Dublin, we celebrated the our friend Jonathan's 30th birthday. I would write more but the pictures speak for themselves.

20080314 - JH's Birthday

Lenzerheide, Switzerland

This past weekend we went to Lenzerheide, Switzerland for what we expect is our last ski trip of the year. It was an great weekend for skiing. Though the skies were cloudy, making the visibility close to zero, the conditions were great with a mixture of packed and fresh powder. Here are Javier and John getting ready to ski!!




Everywhere you turned on the mountain the views were amazing. Sometimes you thought you were standing on top of the world and other times you felt as if you were in the middle of Antarctica. Here are just the highlights.
Last shot before we take our last run of the weekend...


Just minutes from the city of Lenzerheide you are hundreds of meters closer to sea level and by the lack of snow you would think you were in an entirely different place. Here are some of the amazing views from the bus home....