I've spent lots of time in East and West Europe. Dining out in Europe is a pleasure. Many many times in Russia, our restaurant dinners started at 7 p.m. and ended at 11 p.m. (best as I can remember, that is)
I have never seen anyone jam their brakes on in a traffic circle and wave a pedestrian across while saying, "go ahead, I'm in no hurry, I'm European."
