Surinamese sandwich today. Excellent stewed chicken, fairly heavily spiced, but not-great bread. I couldn’t get the proprietor to put some good-looking chiles on the sandwich, apparently one just doesn’t do that. Same with pickled onions, which I wanted, but was denied! She said it didn’t go together. same with the herring shops; just one way to eat them! Reminded me of Japan!

Thanks Jonathan for the moules tip — will look out for it.

Someone else recommended Zaanse Schans; we’ll have a car for a few days next week, so we might well check it out. Apparently Kruller-Miller national park is a must-see as well. We’ve got to scrape together some camping gear from Delia’s relatives and make it happen!

Abi — glad to know I’m not alone in the deja vu dept! Maybe it was the children’s books we read as kids? REally weird feeling.