Happy St. Paddy's Day
Happy St. Paddy's Day to everyone back home in the U.S. I trust you all are looking forward to finding your way to your favorite Irish pub today, but I thought y'all might enjoy the story about what happened to Kate and I last night over here on this side of the pond.
We were walking home from dinner, when the church bells here in Barrio Gothic clanged away marking midnight. Realizing St. Paddy's Day had officially begun, the Irish blood in me perked up and I turned to Kate and insisted we duck into the next little watering hole we pass and have a pint of Guinness to celebrate.
Ten steps later, we are in a local little pub. I step up to the bar and ask for two pints of Guinness. No luck. They don't have Guinness. Any Harp? "No Senor."
The bartender then excitedly points to the sign on the wall behind me and explains the have a very special beer for a very special price. I turn and read the sign... "Tecate 2 for 6 euros"
Being born and raised in SoCal, I've spent enough time in Mexico to know just how awful Tecate is. All of you from the SoCal crew know Mexicans don't even drink Tecate! However, the pints the barkeep is pouring of various Spanish brews are sizeable so I figure, "What the heck, it'll be St. Paddy's Day Barca style"
I am immediately dissapointed when the bartender reaches below the bar and pulls out two 12-ounce bottles of Tecate. Warm.
So my luck of the Irish found me paying way too much money for horribly warm and awful Mexican beer in Barcelona on St. Paddy's Day. I guess that's just how they do Leprechaun holidays here...
I hope you all have fun tonight and don't forget to throw back a few Tecates, hopefully cold, for your friends in the BCN.
We were walking home from dinner, when the church bells here in Barrio Gothic clanged away marking midnight. Realizing St. Paddy's Day had officially begun, the Irish blood in me perked up and I turned to Kate and insisted we duck into the next little watering hole we pass and have a pint of Guinness to celebrate.
Ten steps later, we are in a local little pub. I step up to the bar and ask for two pints of Guinness. No luck. They don't have Guinness. Any Harp? "No Senor."
The bartender then excitedly points to the sign on the wall behind me and explains the have a very special beer for a very special price. I turn and read the sign... "Tecate 2 for 6 euros"
Being born and raised in SoCal, I've spent enough time in Mexico to know just how awful Tecate is. All of you from the SoCal crew know Mexicans don't even drink Tecate! However, the pints the barkeep is pouring of various Spanish brews are sizeable so I figure, "What the heck, it'll be St. Paddy's Day Barca style"
I am immediately dissapointed when the bartender reaches below the bar and pulls out two 12-ounce bottles of Tecate. Warm.
So my luck of the Irish found me paying way too much money for horribly warm and awful Mexican beer in Barcelona on St. Paddy's Day. I guess that's just how they do Leprechaun holidays here...
I hope you all have fun tonight and don't forget to throw back a few Tecates, hopefully cold, for your friends in the BCN.
posted by Sean McMahon | 1:33 AM
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