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Cafés where I've written

A list, an apology to the proprietors of each, and a small map drawn from memory.

A list, in no particular order, of cafés where I have written for longer than I have paid for. To each of you, I am sorry. I tipped, but probably not enough.

  • The one in Porto with the green tile and the broken clock.
  • The one in Lisbon whose name I never learned.
  • The one in Kyoto where they brought me water every twenty minutes without asking.
  • The one on the third floor of a department store in Tokyo, where nobody minded.

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