There are a number of pictures online of my graduation yesterday. No longer a student, but with a M.Sc. title and a memory of a great day!
In the morning I tried to get up at 9:30 o'clock, but I still felt a little sleepy from the time-difference so I stayed in bed till 10:30. Then I hardly had enough time: I had to prepare quite a few things, buy some fresh bread etc... and my parents would be there at 13:00 o'clock. In fact
they came earlier (surprise!), which was nice because they helped me out with the shopping while I quickly took a shower and dressed. Unfortunately the coffee machine was broken (now fixed), so we were craving for some coffee.
We arrived at the VU around 13:45 and met Alrik in the main building. The graduation was in the Computer Science building and there also were many familiar faces!
It was a very pleasant surprise to see so many people: Alrik, Ankie, Bianca, Ettie, Gerben, Harm, Jaap, Jennie, Jerry, Joost, Len, Marjolein, Mieke, Oma, Paula, Petra, Ralf, Richard, Rob, Steven,
Wouter... I took some caffeine shots. It was funny that quite some people had read my remark on the website in the morning that I was having difficulties getting up.
Wow... what a day. Yesterday I received my doctoraal exam, and I'm officially a Master of Science!
Later we went for a short trip to the harbor of Annapolis, a small town outside Washington. There was a boat-sale going on, so the whole harbor was closed for non-paying visitors (like us). But just around the corner was the
Friday morning Nancy, a friend, came to pick me up from the house. We went together to the Nasa Goddhart center, outside Washington. We had some small troubles finding the way to there, but we managed and it was worth the journey. Anyway, it was a pleasant ride and we talked a lot. There was an exhibition hall at this Space Center, like a small museum. They had real-size models of the Apollo shuttles, and I actually sat in one them. So small!