Irish people are just insanely delightful

When I' traveling alone for work I almost always have a chat with someone at a hotel bar.

Actually, that depends on the type of bar. At a Donnelly Group bar, absolutely.

But at the older not-quite-dive bars, often attached to a motel and frequented by truckers, good conversation between strangers can still be had.

Unfortunately, those bars are disappearing rapidly. 25 years ago, I lived across the street from one, and there were another two nearby. Maybe five or six in my neighbourhood. Now there is only one left, and it is struggling to stay open.

Dunno man Sometimes when I’m on the road I eat at the pub at the bar and usually end up chatting with whoever is right beside me. I’m in Canada

I was born in the Americas, and I am an European citizen by descent. Being a dual citizen and getting to know the old country changed my life. Highly recommend it. The Americas are very much a frontier society and people who have lived for over a thousand year together have accumulated much more conviviality skills.