18 June 2014 - Utrecht & Various European Cities
The morning sun cast long shadows across the cobblestone streets of Utrecht as Amani Hamadi and his mother returned from their brief holiday in the Netherlands countryside. The two weeks away had been a necessary respite, a chance to decompress from the whirlwind of emotions that had followed the historic double victory.
They had stayed in a quiet village near the Hoge Veluwe National Park, where the only sounds were birdsong and the gentle rustle of leaves in the wind. It had been exactly what they both needed – time to reflect, to process, and to prepare for whatever the future might hold.
