Visit of RC Wiveliscombe - Friday

Our Friday departure was described already, but that was not the end of this Friday. The whole club gathered in The Bear restaurant, and we, of course, with them. It was meant as an informal introduction meeting. Lenka’s biggest experience was right after arriving at the restaurant, when she found out that she should order (and pay for) her drink without knowing what she was going to eat. It is true that we encountered this custom in England at more places. Even weirder is that they will gladly bring you your drink to the table during the meal or anytime later. Maybe it is some kind of admission fee.

Evening was going on peacefully, while we were talking to about eight people around the table. They intentionally seated us with people whom we did not know. The whole weekend was like this. Each event took place with different people in order for us to meet as many members of the club as possible.

Sitting in the restaurant was made more pleasant by smoking prohibition. Non-smoking in restaurants was a new regulation at the time. When somebody felt like smoking they went out to the street. And it worked. It was said that it would spoil revenues for the restaurants. These are untrue argument of the smoking lobby only.