Myrna, a Caribbean environmentalist, meets Arno, a high-ranking Dutch civil servant, at the World Food Summit in the Netherlands, Arno suffers from debilitating insomnia, and Myrna has access to a traditional technique of sleep therapy that she has learnt from her grandmother. In return for the therapy, Arno offers to be her guide in her journey of discovery through the cities of Europe. The string of stories that Myrna narrates to Arno evokes her own journey ...