I was living in London, and that night I was having dinner in a typical British pub with my friend Christian, who had travelled from Italy to visit me. (I have removed the "back then", because we know that November of 2011 was "back then").
I ate my last hamburger on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
(I have removed the word "night," since the next sentence tells us that is was the night. Also, I wonder whether the word "dinner" implies that it was night, so you could leave out the word "night" altogether?).
I did some quick 'Google research' and found the following...
From Google AI: "In the US, dinner is typically served between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., often peaking around 6:19 p.m., due to early work/school schedules. Conversely, Europe generally dines later, with Northern Europe eating between 5–7 p.m., Western Europe at 7–8:30 p.m., and Southern Europe dining as late as 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m."
I was living in London, and that night I was having dinner in a typical British pub with my friend Christian, who had travelled from Italy to visit me. (I have removed the "back then", because we know that November of 2011 was "back then").
I ate my last hamburger on Saturday, November 26, 2011.
(I have removed the word "night," since the next sentence tells us that is was the night. Also, I wonder whether the word "dinner" implies that it was night, so you could leave out the word "night" altogether?).
I did some quick 'Google research' and found the following...
From Google AI: "In the US, dinner is typically served between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., often peaking around 6:19 p.m., due to early work/school schedules. Conversely, Europe generally dines later, with Northern Europe eating between 5–7 p.m., Western Europe at 7–8:30 p.m., and Southern Europe dining as late as 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m."
I understand your struggles to make it sounds like you, yet less wordly. But it sounds sanitized to me.
Don't get me wrong, it is effective. And less messy. Less lively too or too close to anybody else but you, writing wise. If I am making any sense.