This summer George RR Martin took a long trip to Europe, which he’s been sharing highlights of on his blog.

In the latest post, the 76-year-old wrote of Amsterdam and even included a commitment to The Winds of Winter, the latest Game of Thrones book he’s been writing for over a decade.

The author pointed out how the Dutch city inspired Braavos, the city in A Song of Ice and Fire that is home to the Iron Bank and Faceless Men.

During the blogging session, he confessed that one of the other…