Joseph Coulter > wrote in
:

> Uhh Satiago I sent it at
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:40:33 +0000 (UTC) or at least
> that is what I thought and my reader posted.

Ups, I stand corrected. I read your post and there was a quote of
Lawrence's post with the hour which I took for yours. ¡Mis disculpas!
>
> No problem I tell my clients that when they go to Spain they can
> expect any restaurant open at 8pm to have only tourists. It is sort of
> the same here exept any restaurant with guests arriving at that time
> has only tourists!
>
> JC from the land of the 1700 dinner. (and 2000 bedtime I would guess)

When I travel abroad, I feel great having dinner at more european hours
(say 8pm in France, Italy, Portugal, Southern Germany). But when I come
back home, it is so difficult to have dinner (even at home) at 8pm.

When going out here in Spain, I always book for 9pm, or 9:30pm maximum, I
always get better service, more attention by the staff and can get back
home much earlier and sleep much better. And there is also less risk of
being intercept by the alcohol-test police (even if I am more than cautious
when dining out if I have to drive back home).

But it is not uncommon for my compatriots to make reservations at 11pm,
specially on saturdays if there is a football mach on TV.

s.