Successfully completed the long journey to Korea.  Full flight (isn’t it always?) out of Atlanta.  Jee Yeun and I wound up seated in the “baby row” again.  Two one year old kids–one was mostly sweet and calm, the other was a screamer.  All right, no one wants to be jarred from an already uncomfortable sleep repeatedly, but it’s hard to blame the kids.  I’m pretty miserable confined to my seat but at least I can watch movies and periodically move around.  For a child to have to sit on mommie’s lap for 14 hours must be torture for them both.  Whatever aggravation I felt was more than overcome by empathy for parents in an “I’m so damn glad that’s not me” kinda way.

After a good night’s sleep and an afternoon nap, it was time to renew my acquaintance with Itaewon.  Ran into my nephew Justin on the street and we had a couple of beers together at Dolce Vita.  Then it was off to Itaewon’s newest dart bar, the Beer and Barrel for a little tournament action.

A third place finish for me and my partner Bridget.

Some hanging out and drinking with friends…

And a dinner of galbi and sides to cap the evening.

Tonight it’s back to Itaewon for a supercricket tournament at Dolce Vita.

I guess you could say I’ve gotten what I came for.