19 April Saturday
Met Farah at the airport. Weather is nice and cold, 14 degrees. I’m still wearing Bermudas though. Train to Utrecht only took ½ hour. Everything’s really close by in the Netherlands which surprised me. The big cities of Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague & Rotterdam are all around 60 km from each other and just a short train ride away.
Noticed that Farah’s eyes are brown in the centre and blueish at the periphery. They’re very nice. During lunch, they turned greenish which is really surprising. I didn’t know eye colours could change. Maybe she’s not human.
The Kools residence is nice. It overlooks the canal and fountain. I have my own room with computer and TV. Ahhhh. The computer that I’m typing this on takes ages to start up. Roughly the time it takes to get from Amsterdam to Utrecht. But I really shouldn’t complain cos the room is wonderful. Just 5 mins walk away is the old canal which is full of life. I had a remarkable sandwich at De Poort, the bread that’s available here is really nice.

18 April Friday
Flight to London was overbooked, so I had to be transferred to another flight to Frankfurt instead. Good news is that I don’t have to change airports in London anymore and hopefully I’ll get some money from my travel insurance.
Seats were horrible, unable to recline, no sound on headphones, and between two huge Aussie guys. Nevertheless, 3 VBs later I was sound asleep.