Leeds. We have only one destination in Leeds itself: Sassoon. Since we've been on the trip, I've been suffering from acute hairlessness, cutting my own fringes with nail scissors.
Before we get to the salon, however, we stroll through the city, discovering beautiful old-time shopping arcades with small, sugary shops. We stroll through a market hall and admire another beautiful, rather alternative and therefore all the more pleasant strolling option in the old grain exchange. Zero-waste shops, handmade goods and a tattoo studio next to a barbershop and record shop. A cosy mix in a great atmosphere.
My hairdresser (I confess to being an absolute and very, very loyal Sassoon customer and always enjoy the energy in the salons, even though it's been more than two years since my last visit) asks me what my favourite place in the UK is. I think about it and can't answer. All I can say is that we tend to remember encounters, people and then link the places with the emotions.
He lowers the comb and scissors, thinks for a moment and looks at me seriously in the mirror. "So I guess I'm in charge of Leeds now?" "Yes! Make something of it!" And we both laugh!
Freshly lace-cut, fringes corrected and blow-dried (and even straightened, hey, I live in a van and have straightened hair, what a paradox!) I meet my husband again in a street café and we try only one thing: to get out of Leeds. Because apart from pretty shopping galleries (we and shopping don't go together anyway) and a very good hairdresser, we don't find anything really appealing here. Okay, maybe a museum. More about that later.
Merci for "travelling with us
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