St. Paddy’s Day in Seoul
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006Even the Koreans are Irish on St. Paddy’s Day. Loads of people were dressed up in green and drinking green beer. We went to Gecko’s Tavern in Iteawon, a expats haven, to celebrate St. Paddy’s day. They had a “special” on Guiness only $6.50 for a pint, it’s normally $8. I can’t believe how expensive imports are here. A local draft is only $2.50. Although, Itaewon isn’t really Korea because of all the foreigners there, it was nice to be able to speak English again and be understood. I shot some of the worst games of pool in my life. Dunno what was going on, but I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Then I went to the 7 Lucky Casino and played some Black Jack. My goal was to double up my last 100,000 Korean Won so I wouldn’t have to hit the ATM again. I topped out at W260,000, but my bid to win 5 double ups (W320,000) in a row came to an abrupt end and I walked out with W200,000. So I blew it on a nice steak dinner. I went to the Korean War Memorial today, but I fogot my camera so I didn’t get any pics to post. It was a great museum. Inside they had stuff on all the wars Korea has been in, but it mostly focused on the Korean War (duh). Outside they had helicopters, tanks, jets, artillery… My favorites were the Sabre jet and the B52. [read on]
Kane