not only did i find the best bar in the world ever this evening, but i also went to a very nice restaurant called the Falfaff or something.
i sat next to a chatty Dutch chap who is in the sugar business. it makes all the difference if someone is happy to conversate with you when you are dining alone.
he kindly took this rear portrait of me. my head is very bald:
here is the bar from the outside: