Guus Bosman

After a 7,5 hour flight I arrived at London Heathrow early in the morning. The plane landed at 7.00 am, and I managed to get a couple of hours sleep on the plane. The plane wasn't full and the stewardess pointed me to a row with three empty seats in the back ('oh you're so tall'). It's not exactly comfortable but some sleep is a lot better than none at all.

I had breakfast on the airport and took the train to Paddington station. There I took the circle line to Liverpool street, which is where our UK office is. I spent the morning with them and we had lunch together. It's small office with great atmosphere. Talked about the product I work on and some other initiatives we're doing.

At 4.00 pm I was in the air again, on my way to Amsterdam. I sat next to a British couple with a young baby on their lap. It liked me and was interested in the sound of my newspaper and water bottle. I learned that, in British, a rhino says: "mud, mud, mud". It was nice to have some distraction because even with the grande coffee in the morning (Starbucks is everywhere) followed by a dopio at Heathrow, I was getting very tired.

In the arrival hall I was met by my parents, Steven, Jerry and Marjolein and it was great to see them. We had dinner together, and chatted. Jerry told about their adventures on vacation. I still had banana in my laptop bag which was heavily bruised. I hope Steven found his car back.

We drove to Middenmeer. We immediately saw a lady I recognized by name and other people who I recognized just by face. Middenmeer is a very friendly place where people say 'hi' on the street, and I think I know someone in about every street of the village. We chatted for a while at home and I went to a deep, long sleep.

At Schiphol.