As arranged by telephone this morning, we pick up Marcela and George - our visitors from Prague 15 district - a little after seven thirty. I've booked a table for eight o'clock at the Jolly Waggoners in Much Hadham, and we arrive on time - George taking a moment to confirm his suspicion that, yes, our car is a Skoda.
Marcela and George very generously present us with a bottle of Moravian wine, some chocolates, and a photo album of our visit to Prague 15 last December. They've also brought some Czech Republic travel brochures with them, and Georgina is entranced - especially by the mountain scenery.
We enjoy a pleasant meal, introducing George to the delights of bread and butter pudding - albeit a chocolate version on this occasion - washed down with a couple of bottles of wine between the five of us; and run through arrangements for tomorrow and Marcela's presentation at the Civic Centre.
For some reason, the machine for reading my credit card can't connect properly to phone through my card details, so it's just as well that Nick's brought plenty of cash with him. Marcela joked at the beginning of the evening about having to stay behind to do the washing up, and it would have been so embarrassing if she'd been right.
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