I conducted a travel experiment recently. Everywhere I go, people make suggestions on what to see, which I usually politely ignore. (“Oh, England? You must see the hedgerows! Spain? Don’t miss Barcelona! Kyrgyzstan? Where’s that?)

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My pal Brenden told me a story about a bakery in Rome which you smell before you see, and even then you sometimes walk past its ankle-level entrance before realizing the error of your ways.