Eating a meal with a stranger is not uncommon in Europe. People do it all the time. Most European don’t share our American ideal of solitude. This is a story of a one time event that lived in memory for a very long time.
If you are among those who love oysters, join Postcard History’s resident gourmand in his retrospective survey of postcards from the past, and the many restaurants that used postcards to advertise the best seafood anywhere. If you don’t care for oysters, be careful, this article will change your mind.