St. Patty's Day

No green beer this year. Actually, the french don't seem to embrace this holiday quite like we do in the States. Which is interesting because they like to drink... so why not drink even more on St. Patty's day?

So what did we do instead? Well, a mutual friend, Mario (from Germany), visited us. We walked around for a few hours... showing him different parts of the city (some of which I hadn't even seen before).

As we were walking around, I had the pleasure of taking some pictures of a good ol' french protest...













(This is not to be confused with a good ol' French riot.)














If I remember correctly, these are the buses that carried all the policeman (then again, I could be making that part up...)














A small group of friendly policemen waiting for action-- ya know, in case this group of people start getting a little rowdy.




From what I gathered, this was a protest against nuclear energy. Apparently, some improvements have been made to the technology. The french government is again looking at building some of these energy plants somewhere around here. It seems these people would prefer investment in other safer and more environmentally-friendly options.




These people have a cause! (and it doesn't include bathing).
















Actually, I found the atmosphere quite pleasant. It was like a small festival. They had music playing. People were selling stuff. I only stayed long enough to take these pictures. Flo was too scared to walk over there with me...worried that the US government wouldn't allow him back into the country if he did go. Interesting, huh? Apparently, this happened to one of his friend's parents.