UTRECHT 2026-06-15

Dutch travelog, part 6.5. Read part 6 here. We arrived in Utrecht around 19:30. Mozzarella would be hosting us for the next two nights. We were to meet at the station, near his gate. Around 5 minutes later, I spotted him and waved. He smiled widely as he walked towards us and hugged us both. We rode the escalator down to where the bus terminals were. M lives in a quaint neighborhood just outside of the city center; about a 10-minute bus ride away. My cousin lives in a modern high-rise building in Den Haag. We were about to experience the opposite. The neighborhood has older and well-maintained apartments. Most of these were brick townhouses, and a peek into their windows told me that we were in a rather wealthy quarter. M rented the attic floor of a townhouse, which belonged to his elderly friend who was also a music teacher. The first two floors were decorated beautifully in a classical way. M's area was a classic bachelor pad. XD Emilio, his cat, greeted us at the top of the stairs.…