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This is fun but rather scary at first. There are not many cars in the city, but basically the cyclists act with about as much patience and good will (especially towards tourists) as car drivers do in regular cities. So watch out! I’m told that there is something they shout in Dutch if you get in the way, which translates roughly as ‘I’ll kill your bitch mother’. Something like that anyway. Other than that, the Dutch are a lovely people.

What can my secret plan be…? I couldn’t say here even if I knew I suppose. I hope it’ll be something big. And highly original.

Allegedly they are always stylish and preened, though they eat fantastic lunches and stuff all the time. I don’t want to believe this is true, but when in La France things do seem that way…