Oh dear -- Neil, I believe you encountered the fabled "Ugly American" in that pub! (I'm quite sure our Dave is nothing like that!) At least you all had a good laugh over it. Don't even get me started on this, I just wish people could be a little more gentle with each other overall! Mostly, though, talking with total strangers while traveling has been a pretty positive experience for me ... although there was that one incident when our group was close to throwing a woman off the bus we were on...
