Mysteriously Dining at Hotel Eugenia

It's 8:08pm now and I'm writing from Eugenia Hotel in Quito where I'm sitting at dinner alone and enjoying the time to myself as I feast on my dinner of pollo a la plancha (grilled chicken) with mixed vegetables.  I'll try to remember to take a photo of the food before I finish it next time.

I'm trying to decipher the country from where the other two gentlemen in the hotel restaurant originate.  They drop their Spanish the way the Sevillanos did, but I can't be sure, because it also sounds a little like Portuguese.  I'm a little nervous to use my Spanish, though I have been speaking it all day, because I have the same elementary fears of making a mistake.  What tense should I use?  Is that word masculine or feminine?  Is that form the "usted" or the "yo" form?  No big deal, right?  I really messed up my numbers when speaking to the waiter this evening (saying, "cien-nueve" instead of "ciento-nueve"), but he just laughed and probably, hopefully, thought it was cute.  I spent the entire dinner trying to remember the word for "check", and couldn't, but luckily was prompted by the waiter when he asked, ¿la cuenta?.  Ah!!
  The rest of the group arrives in a few hours and we'll head to the equator tomorrow and to the Galápagos Sunday!  I wonder if I look mysterious sitting alone writing in my journal....

 Excited for everyone else to join soon!  By the way, I'm exhausted from last night, but the altitude is definitely getting me too.  Be careful with the altitude in Quito and make sure to drink a lot of water (with or without bubbles) and avoid alcohol.  I didn't know about the effects of alcohol in the altitude before traveling (yes, they're well-published, but I've never been of-age in a high altitude location) and after half a beer, I was ready for bed again.  I'm turning in for now and hoping that Davis will wake me soon!

Have you ever had dinner alone in a foreign country?  Did you feel mysterious, too?