Easter March

I got quite i shock this morning when i walked outside and saw tanks and troops in the street. Not what i thought i'd see on easter morning in Dublin. In fact, this was the first time Irish Republic troops had marched on easter morning in 30 years. They were commemorating the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter uprising in Dublin just about a half mile from where i live. This uprising was the beginning of what would eventually earn the Irish their independance from England. In the past, this march was not held because of the fighting in the north, and recently because of the problems that were still trying to be worked out in the north. But, apparently, the Republic is holding elections next year, so this march was a political move. It was definitly neat to watch as every branch walked from where i live at Christchurch to the GOP building at the top of O'Connell street, where the uprising occured 90 years ago.

So, after the initial shock from the tanks, i walked to Trinity and attended their Anglican easter service, which was quite nice. Afterwords i went on a walk in St. Stephen's Green Park because it was actually quite a day. Tonight i went over to David and Miriam's house (the people i stayed with when i first got here). Mirriam made a great dinner and then we played parchese (prob spelled that wrong)for like 3 hours. yeah....i'm a dork.