Atdtda[20]: Ostend, being a Flemish town... [and a contest]

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

            Michel :
            I know I have to start on page 548, but first some preliminary 
            remarks, given the Ostend-Brussels link: imperialism. . . .

You can start anywhere you like, I seem to be mired in mayo right now, and intend to extricate myself in a leisurely fashion, but by all means offer up your first-person take on Ostend. Thanks for picking up the baton by the way, the velcro buckle on my right Teva has loosended up and it was just a matter of time before I slipped.