I play volleyball with Pavla. She’s a real laugh. She can’t help herself, she has to say what’s on her mind to everyone. It doesn’t matter what it’s about, she always finds something to say. But it’s great that she says what she thinks.

Otherwise it’s nothing to write home about. Sometimes people laugh at me because I’m so unassertive, and also because my brother’s gay. Boys tend to think that I am too, and so it’s easier for me to make friends with girls. I don’t get this in Holland, it’s weird. But there’s more unassertive types over there, and nobody looks down their nose at gays. Sometimes I miss my Dutch friends. It’s a shame that Prague isn’t closer to Utrecht.