The perfume

Following in the traces of the book "The Perfume" by Patrick Süskind.

Monday, June 13, 2005

Montpelier

We managed to get to Montpelier yesterday. Unfortunately, the french have started replacing trains with buses some places. Trains are so much more comfortable.

We're continuing to Cannes today. In the book, the main figure takes the boat there. But, if you use the right transformation on the word "boat", i.e. you add 18 to the first letter, 3 to the second letter, subtract 11 from the fourth letter and finally add the letter 'n' to the end of the word; you actually get the word "train". Just a coincidence? I don't think so.