St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day in in Afghanistan, an interesting concept for sure.

The Irish contingent working in EU Police collaborated with the Irish Embassy here to throw a suare. I convinced some of my embassy colleagues (they have an armored vehicle, weapons and are good guys) to attend along with a friend from DC serving here on temporary duty.

The event began with a lovely buffet of Irish stew and potato soup with some good Irish music and festivities. That didn't last long before the party was moved to the 2nd floor bar where the celebration really began and the Guiness was flowing freely. Represented in the bar were most EU countries along with a couple of Americans. It's true, everyone is Irish on St. Patricks Day. I believe the gents pictured above are Estonian.

Departed the EU compound back to the US Embassy relatively early. We then migrated to another party at their little pub called "The Duck & Cover", quite a crowd imbibing freely. From there, we moved to a USAID (Agency for International Development) sponsored party in one of the party tents. Oh my!!! While not imbibing myself, I had a ball!!! Lots of free spirit dancing and great fun, almost like one of our family weddings. Ultimately got home after midnight, waaaay past my bedtime but it was worth it. Forgot what it was like to have good fun.

A most memorable St Patrick's Day for sure.