Staying Longer

I'm feeling way too good here for this trip to be halfway over, so I've extended it for five days. The world back home will just have to deal, because after this I'm not planning to have any fun for a long time. I've been living on frites with sambal sauce and waffles, with the occasional Chinese or Indonesian takeaway meal for vegetables. Of course, I'm getting plenty of greens.

And y'all -- THANK GOD I brought my cane. I knew I'd need it in the airports but thought I might be able to leave it in the hotel room once I got here. No way. The stairs, the uneven cobblestones -- I'd have been on my ass repeatedly. This is the first time I've had to travel with any kind of mobility aid, and it takes some getting used to. Most people are nice. When the occasional fucked-up tourist stumbles into you and doesn't apologize, at least you have something to whack him with.