Writing from an internet cafe in the seaport town of Dieppe on the Normandy coast. This crazy French keyboard is driving me crazy so will keep it short.We left Amsterdam on Saturday morning. Did a wonderful walking tour of the city on Friday. I did not know that cannibis is 100 per cent ILLEGAL in the city, but it is decriminalised. The authorities turn a blind eye based on this principal of "plausible deniability" which basically means if some activity does no harm and is good for business; they act as if nothing is going on. Pretty cool.
From Amsterdam we spent a night in Brussels. Loved the place, gorgeous, dirty old buildings, friendly people and very relaxed feel. We arrived in Rouen on Sunday and we are staying in a little hotel in the Arabic part of town. Tiny studio but has the feel of a struggling artists pad. The owner looks like Kevin Kline from his Fish called Wanda days. Rouen is both beautiful and ugly. We are eating lots of French pastries. Visited the graves of Gustav Flaubert and Marcel Duchamp yesterday. Paris awaits tomorrow...
Larna enjoying a waffle in Brussels
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