could be my favourite haunt.............

:)

re. ¿Son todos estos clérigos locales,
o también hay laicos?

none of the is a clergyman...............they are all men who volunteer to carry the float............i think they have to pay something to the religious brotherhood to get the permission to carry the float...............

re. easter sunday

i was not aware of that parade full of funny hats that you have in front of saint parick's..............

re. Totalmente impresionado por la elaborada belleza de todo esto.

impresionado is masculine...............

impresionada is feminine...........

here you are saying how impressed you felt and you are a woman so you would say impresionadA...............

re. Un portafolio de imágenes asombroso

this is perfect..............

we tend to say portfolio in spanish as well...........we borrow the english word.............

there is another option instead of portfolio.............it is album..........it is very much used when talking about photographs..............