#but i think we have to keep in mind braavos' worldbuilding wasnt a focus of grrms until affc

[gendrie]

"Then what good is it?" "As well ask what good is life, what good is death? If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him—valar morghulis." "Valar morghulis," Arya repeated. It wasn't hard. Her fingers closed tight over the coin. (Arya, ACOK) She fled from him, but only as far as the next open door. I know this room, she thought. She remembered those great wooden beams and the carved animal faces that adorned them. And there outside the window, a lemon tree! The sight of it made her heart ache with longing. It is the house with the red door, the house in Braavos. [...] Faster and faster the visions came, one after the other, until it seemed as if the very air had come alive. Shadows whirled and danced inside a tent, boneless and terrible. A little girl ran barefoot toward a big house with a red door. (Dany, ACOK)

these being in consecutive chapters does not feel coincidental. im not necessarily arguing arya is the girl in dany's vision. i think that could be a fun twist! as arya is associated with barefeet in clash in particular (barefoot surefoot lightfoot) and if the house with the red door is in braavos she will likely see it in twow. that being said its probably just representative of dany's inner child searching for home.

but it seems like grrm is drawing a connection between the two. he puts arya on a course for braavos which, as far as we know, is the same location as dany's house with the red door. the placement of these moments suggests, to me, that braavos is its true location despite a lot of theories to the contrary.