"purple_stars" wrote in message
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hi folks,

in your cruising adventures, how do you go about meeting the locals and
really getting to know some new people ? i'm interested in some of your
stories about meeting people at your various destinations, etc ...
basically, how do you get invited to dinner ? lol. it seems easy to
meet fellow cruisers at the harbor, you are all doing more/less the
same thing, there is some sense of community, and there's the radio
also to keep you talking. but what about meeting locals ?

i'm guessing that in some places this is harder than in others. for
example - small island destinations that get a ton of cruising traffic
probably treat cruisers more as customers than guests, and i am
guessing the last thing they want is another sailor hanging around
their house, they've all been there/done that. but more out of the way
places i would think would be very interested in cruisers and extend to
them some hospitality .. maybe ?

Well, in Mallorca, we just wondered around. My pigeon Spanish was enough to
order beers and not offend too many people. We found the most amazing
hole-in-the-wall restaurant. The dish we wanted had to be ordered in
advance, so we ate something else and came back the next night. The owners
were very cordial and invited us back the third night on the house, which we
argued about for an hour before coming to a compromise. They were not that
well off.

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"j" ganz @@
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