A language friend of mine who is from Spain. Came to Japan with his wife to travel for 4 weeks. He can speak pretty good Japanese because he has studied Japanese before in Osaka for 6 weeks, but his wife doesn’t speak Japanese at all. We met in a big city, which is the closest to my town. Of course I made a reservation at a restaurant "Izakaya," for our first meeting. However it was Friday evening, so it was crazy crowded with people in the restaurant. Oh my gosh, because of the terrible noise our conversation was drowned out! We had to be close to each other, and shout to be heard. It was a good and bad experience for me.