Walking

As I was walking home from work today two men talking said "Hi", I responded in kind, and one said "Enjoying the weather?" and I said yes, and that I had just gotten off the phone with my parents who are in Denver (which was true). We then started talking and it became a very nice concversation. they both have lived in DC, around my neighborhood, for some time, and the talked some about how the neeighborhood has chnanged, the benfits of owning one's home over renting, and the beauty of driving less. It was a very nice conversation, at the end of which one of them gave me a ride home, and the other invited me to have food at his home.
Israel is the only other place I have lived where people will invite strangers off of the street to share a meal with them. I have heard that it happens in Europe as well, but my experience with Europe is fairly limited. It was a very nice interaction, and it started my weekend out on a pleasant note.