If one wishes to be particularly polite, one should bow very slightly while shaking hands. Greeting a lady with a kiss on the hands is rather out of style, only an older gentlemen can pull this off with credibility. Business and professional attire usually still means a suit or coat and tie for the men and a two-piece suit or dress for ladies, though in some lines of work this is changing rapidly. Away from work, everyone dresses as they like. At the opera, at a concert or theater or when visiting a particularly fancy restaurant, many people enjoy dressing up, but you should not encounter any problems or look conspicuous if you come in jeans, provided everything is clean and proper.
Men traditionally walk to the left of the ladies.
They generally enter a restaurant ahead of the lady - to lead the way to the table. Ascension Day - Commemorates in most Christian churches the ascension of Christ to heaven, held to have taken place 40 days after the resurrection, and thus placed in the calendar 40 days after Easter. In Roman Catholic countries the festival is marked by magnificent processions.