Drinks With Friends

Thursday night, Tim and I met up with friends from our church small group. We went to the bar just opposite the church for some drinks. We basically had the place to ourselves which was nice. Pictured here from left to right are George, Me, Ruth, and Jo. We were there with our other halves and all just hung out and chatted while we drank. There is a big difference between drinking here and drinking back at home. People from church who we hang out with are all around our age and would think nothing of meeting up with other Christian friends to drink, but this seems like something that normally wouldn't happen back at home. For one thing, there isn't a culture of meeting up for drinks in general. I think back at home we tend to meet up for dinner or coffee. But here, it's similar to how it is in Europe where everyone meets up for drinks and chats and stuff. The other thing is that, there is nothing else open in the evenings if you do want to meet up with friends. It's basically a choice of pubs and that's it. Coffee places shut around here by 7pm, so that's out. It is definitely something I am not used to. I don't even really drink anything normally, but I have had a few drinks every once in a while when we do go out. But, I bet some Christians back at home would think this whole culture is completely wrong. Oh well, when in Rome.......