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06:50: Awake. Spent a long time mulling on ways to make this trip less dependent on contingencies. My head is fit to explode. I want to
08:29: I’m eating breakfast from the buffet. For the sake of €7.00 it’s ridiculous to cook porridge in my room.
09:50: Moving back to my room for a bit. Feeling addled.
10:09: €66.00 for a second night here, this morning’s and tomorrow’s breakfast.
17:34: Settled into my first proper Salon de thé. It’s pleasant but pricey. I got a lovely welcome. I’m coming down out of orbit. This shit is hard, stop pretending it isn’t. Tomorrow evening I’ll plan the part of the journey beyond La Ferte Sous Jouarre.
Later this evening (and perhaps tomorrow evening) I’ll transcribe and upload another day or two from Notebook 2. When it’s fully transcribed I’ll send it in the post — along with a memory stick of all the photos I’ve taken so far — to Aisling.
18:00: Fuck’s sake, they’re closing up. €3.80 for a delicious cup of real tea that I’d have loved to have had the chance to really savour.
19:32: Heading back to the hotel. Spent a pleasant hour and a half sitting in a nice bar in a sunny window reading and listening to tunes. I’m still experiencing waves of almost-nausea about the next few days. I just have to notice the sensations and live my life as it unfolds.
19:44: Just walked past Hotel St. Ladre where it’s €37 for a single. What’s a sure-fire way to Google for hotels in a given town?1
20:03: Back in the hotel room.
23:23: Back in bed. I spent the time transcribing notebook entries.
The short answer is, there isn’t one. If I search on Google Maps for this local hotel by name, I find it. If I search for the generic term “hotel”, it doesn’t show up.↩
