@consciouscat 's friends and we had a couple of hours to spare, Utrecht was on the way and looked like the perfect stop for a coffee. We only really had time for a snack and a short walk around the middle of town. The tourist information centre was great. I even learnt in Roman times, there was a fortress here. The fortress was named Traiectum, because of its location at the Rhine river. Traiectum was translated to the Dutch "trecht". The "U" comes from the old Dutch word "uut", which means downriver. Utrecht can be roughly translated to "the fortress down the river". That was one more thing than I learnt last time I was here.