Amsterdam

Thursday Feb 5
4:30pm Took bus to Lancaster Train Station
5:00 Train to Wigan Station, switched
6:00 Train to Liverpool Station
8:00 Bus to Holiday Inn Express near Liverpool Airport

Friday, Feb 6
12:00 am Decide to go to bed, as flight to Amsterdam is at 6 am next morning
12:30 Decide to stay up all night
2:30 Go to bed
3:00 Fall asleep
3:30 Time to get up
4:30 Shuttle to Liverpool Airport
6:15 Flight from Liverpool to Amsterdam Airport
8:00 Arrive in Amsterdam
8:30 Train to hostel
9:00 Try to check into hostel, can't until noon.
9:00 The threats begin (ie, "If I can't take a nap at exactly 12, I'm going to start screaming"
9-12 Walk around, eat lunch, threats continue
12:00pm Van Gogh museum, threats increase in volume and severity
4:00 Nap time!
7:00 Dinner
9:00 Tour town, Start to feel not so great, coughing, shaking, and aching.
10:00 Rachel is in bed

Saturday, Feb 6
1:00 am Everyone comes home, wakes Rachel up
10:00 am Wake up
12:00 Anne Frank House (this was great, all jokes aside)
2:00 Heineken Tour (actually called the "Heineken Experience")
5:00 Fever hits, cough continues, right eye becomes bloodshot and goopy.
6:00 Skip dinner
10:00 Everyone goes out, Rachel is in bed. Again.

Sunday, Feb 7
1:00 am Everyone wakes up Rachel again. Cannot open right eye.
10:00 am Wake up, check out
10:30 Sit in cafe with book, fever, and first drafts of my Last Will and Testament
2:30 Train to Amsterdam Airport
5:00 Plane from Amsterdam to Liverpool
6:00 Bus to Liverpool Train station
6:32 Realize last train was at 6:30, now must wait for 8:30 train
6:35 Nobody minds because there is a Chinese buffet across the street. Currently can't hear out of either ear, realize the goop in my eye kind of looks like Egg Drop Soup, and face is red and estimate a fever of about 101-102. I drink tea, while everyone feasts on Sweet and Sour Pork and Chicken Balls. Resolve never to eat Egg Drop Soup again.
8:30 Board train to Preston
9:30 Change trains, Preston to Lancaster
10:00 Bus to campus.
10:03 In bed.
10:03:30 Asleep and grateful for the closest thing to my own bed.