Late dinner

They do things differently in Madrid, especially when it comes to eating times. This was brought home when we were arranging to meet friends for dinner tomorrow night and they said they wouldn't be able to meet us at dinner--at 9:00 or 9:30pm. Half the time we're in bed by not long after 9:30pm, so I'm not quite sure how we're going to manage such a late, and probably long, dinner. (Tonight, by contrast, is positively early: we're meeting at the restaurant at 8:45pm, and I'm willing to bet we'll be the first ones there...)