Sam and I were lucky enough to be invited to the pre St Patrick's Day lunch reception given by the Irish Consulate in Shanghai.
It was a great do and among the highlights were some propper cheese!, Murphy's and Baileys (which I couldn't quite bring myself to have a glass of at lunchtime!).
On St Patricks Day itself we were in a pub in Shanghai until the early hours of Sunday morning watching the rugby. When Wales won it felt like we were in a pub in Cardiff!
The England v Ireland game kicked off at 1am, local time. At first it appeared that we were heavily outnumbered by Irish supporters dressed in varying shades of green and fancy dress. Howerver, when we listened carefully we discovered that most of them were Americans, happily celebrating St Patrick's day and blissfully unaware of the white wash occuring in the rugby! We probably should have downloaded it the following morning but were pleased we stayed even though it meant we crawled in to bed at 3! Only to be woken at six!
The following day was Mother's day so we went out for lunch to one of my favourite restaurants and then I went for a two hour massage which was wonderful given the lack of sleep!
It was a great do and among the highlights were some propper cheese!, Murphy's and Baileys (which I couldn't quite bring myself to have a glass of at lunchtime!).
On St Patricks Day itself we were in a pub in Shanghai until the early hours of Sunday morning watching the rugby. When Wales won it felt like we were in a pub in Cardiff!
The England v Ireland game kicked off at 1am, local time. At first it appeared that we were heavily outnumbered by Irish supporters dressed in varying shades of green and fancy dress. Howerver, when we listened carefully we discovered that most of them were Americans, happily celebrating St Patrick's day and blissfully unaware of the white wash occuring in the rugby! We probably should have downloaded it the following morning but were pleased we stayed even though it meant we crawled in to bed at 3! Only to be woken at six!
The following day was Mother's day so we went out for lunch to one of my favourite restaurants and then I went for a two hour massage which was wonderful given the lack of sleep!
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