Chere voyageuse

1 Liam has just left. He and i have been talking since 1030: a couple of hours of scoring and then of talking about this and that. We did touch on China (which we both sense is somewhere beyond the mountains - remember Papageno - but as China is as big as Europe to know that you are in China is to know that you are somewhere between here and Warsaw.

2 Seven tables in the Maypole bridge club, as many as there were last week. Seven tables, 28 people. Two nice young men came top of the North/South. They had a little help from some of the pairs they met.

3 It's bed-time. I'll take up the story tomorrow.

4 In the meantime, continue to look out for the yaks. And for an internet cafe. And it may be as well to look out for your minder. You may need him.

5 Continue to record what you see: the people, the costumes, the activities.

And be sure to brush your teeth before you go to bed.

Stayathome.