Sunday, March 13/2016

Sunday lunch at Cambanellas. David and Susan pick us up and we meet up with Jane and Bill. Oddly unbusy for such a nice day, maybe because we're a little earlier than usual. Interestingly our favourite restaurants here all have a similar ritual leave taking ritual in which the owner follows us to the door to thank us for visiting, much as one would bid farewell to a dinner guest in one's own house. There's usually some physical contact - a handshake or pat on the back. In the case of someone the proprietor knows well there may even be a hug or the European kiss on both cheeks. Undoubtedly good business, but you do leave feeling that there is a personal relationship.