navigating unknown cities without a smartphone

While I was at the conference, my wife explored Brussels on her own. As you might know, she doesn't have a smartphone, and the only similar thing she has is a tablet with only WiFi capabilities. Public WiFi is more and more common, but you can still walk half the city without a connection. I asked her to document her experience, as I think most people would like to rely on their smartphone a lot during travels in another country in a city they have never been to before, even just to use live map navigation or spontaneously searching for the next café or restaurant that fits their needs. This is not meant to be a "dumbphone superior, touch grass" post; obviously, in today's world, the above circumstance is needlessly cumbersome. But I still wanted to give insight into it, and maybe it inspires less smartphone dependence during travels, relying more on your intuition and environment to navigate, or reassures you when the battery runs out. In the end, you still have signs and strangers…