So now it is 11:23 pm Thursday night, and I am sitting in the Artemis Hotel in Amsterdam watching BBC 1. It was raining the whole day, and with the grey skies I really felt like I was in England, not The Netherlands.
But the realisation of actually being here is slowly dawning on me. People ask me what I am doing here, and I do not believe myself when I say: "I just moved here to work permanently for IBM."
I vividly remember the days when I sent out 5-10 CVs per day to any overseas company. And receiving disappointing replies. Many. And now I have come such a long way. I am not sad, but there is a certain sense of loss.
Some practical information about my day so far... The flight was ok - I had a very good neighbour on the plane - he sat still with his headphones on - and didn't want to talk. I like those! The breakfast was actually quite good, and the arrival at Frankfurt painless. However, the airport is really really big and the distance from arrival to departure far! I made it in one piece to my next flight that was only 45 minutes to Amsterdam.
I stumbled outside Schiphol taking the first taxi to the fantastic Artemis hotel. Shortly after arriving (25 euros later!) a hotel shuttle stopped outside. I could have taken that for free!!! Anyway - so I will learn.
After checking to see if the internet works here (of course!) I took a lovely nap from about 2-8pm. Then, room service kindly brought me a very-needed club sandwich and Pepsi (ugggh!) But it went down well.
Then some chats to friends on Skype and MSN and now off to bed.
Tomorrow is my first day @ IBM starting with an induction session. The only problem is that I received two different emails with two different addresses for the session. I am going to follow the latest email's instructions - let's hope it is right! Fortunately the buildings are right next to each other - so it should be ok.
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