Lol... I, my wife and her friend also had the same issue of not being able to find the canal when I was there previously... Walk through same sets of streets to find it after a while
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1107) Still lost...trying to find the canal district.
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1110) Limited Edition Okayama Miffys
1111) Since we were still lost...why not get an ice cream and eat along the way?