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tom boonen

Scene: breakfast cafe set up on the Mur, which was near Niagara Falls; Mom, Dad, sister, & I were waiting for the mini-train to Disneyland proper, and there was a bit of a queue. 

Mom & sis were unimpressed that we were breakfasting on a hallowed place in cycling lore. 

Behind our table was a handwritten ‘Tom Boonen was here’ in cheap imitation Delft tile with a cartoonish character on a bike.

Hanging by the tile was a tapestry that was meant to evoke the Lion of Flanders, but it was Texas A&M maroon & white (N.B. I am not an Aggie). And there was no Lion. I dipped the back of the tapestry in glue so I could paste it on a wall, then realized that was a bad idea. So I walked around gently waving the tapestry, letting the glue dry. 

I was set to take a picture of the Tom Boonen commemorative tile, to send out as a tweet, but then I woke up.