Dating a professor

So after the first date I texted him first saying thx for choosing the nice cafe it was an honour to talk to u professor Xyz ! And he replied It was my pleasure xxx.Would love to meet again sometime if u'd like. Enjoy ur New Years celebrations! he’s being polite or he reli wanna meet me again ? He is a prof but not in my school plus I graduated for several years...

Our first date is an hour he asked about my parents job , where I live food travel etc.