Happy St. Patricks Day!

St. Patrick’s Day was so much fun here in Serbia.

Anna and I, the two people from the land of beer, decided to attack the local Irish pub in Novi Sad and offer face painting to the customers. We hoped to earn some extra cash for our charity here and have a good time while we were at it.
I don’t think we knew what we were getting into…

Arriving at the Pub decked out in our finest shamrocks and all complete with Irish cover names (I was Shannon) we took out our hastily mixed paints (yes I mean mixed paints, we didn’t have orange and so after some experimentation ended up with some pink looking yellow.) And with our most winning smiles we plunged into the crowd, with jars of water in hand and paintbrushes tucked behind our ears. We didn’t resurface for about three hours.

Turns out everyone wants to get their face painted on St. Patricks day, even in Serbia. It was two floors of packed madness, with people beckoning us this way and that, everyone eager to join in the fun. Poor Anna and I started going mad, setting down our jars of now green water and mistaking it for the pints of green beer, ending in some almost disastrous consequences. After the donation jar could not fit another note we decided to call it a night and join in the fun ourselves!

So we danced away to the local’s interpretation of Irish Rock music and ended our night with the biggest Pljeskavica we could find at two in the morning. (All those who have not visited the Balkan regions and familiarized themselves with this local specialty has only to imagine a mix between a kebab and a burger.) Mmmmmm and at only 2 euros each its amazing! Not to mention incredibly filling.

So Paddys day was celebrated in true Irish fashion at the pub with Guinness, music and laughter. Hope you all had a wonderful time as well!

P.S. We made allot of cash too, just thought I should mention that ;)