1. One rainy afternoon, while looking for Paddy’s Market (a huge shopping area for everything from food to tourist items), we “stumbled” onto Chinatown.

2. A crowded street with folks eating under awnings to get out of the drizzle.

3. Typical Chinese retail store full of stuff to buy.

4. It was Chinese New Year while we were there. This band of Chinese were going around to wish businesses good luck.

5. Men dressed as a dragon would dance and enter a store as drummers pounded out an interesting rhythm.

6. Red and black are traditional colors and the dancing dragon is the way luck is wished on a store owner.

7. With plastic to protect the drum from rain, a Chinese man bangs away loudly.

8. To get out of the rain, we stopped at an interesting bar not far from Chinatown.

9. A stage in the bar was for weekly entertainers to use.

10. A crowded but interesting bar.

11. Typical Irish Pub. After a beer, we headed on to other things.