The kindness of strangers is a wonderful thing! Tonight i met two wonderful chaps from Holland, and kindness is the word that comes to mind. Perhaps it was the wonderful conversation that we shared, perhaps it was the crate of beer that one of them produced, but either way the chat was wonderfully enthralling. In fact the simple surreality of that fact of talking to two strangers over some beer while discussing the finer points of higher energy particle physics was just wonderful. Over the coming weeks, i hope to return the favour for such a wonderful night!