surprise

A postcard from the other hemisphere is not so obvious these days, but how will you call a friend from the other hemisphere dropping by for dinner? A total surprise, and so was it last Saturday.

It was our friend Joseph From India, I hesitate to say "Chennai", because he seems to be always on the move somewhere between Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai. Needless to say, I wouldn't expect anyone from Wrocław to call in without some two weeks of previous arrangements and negotiations, searching through schedules, and cancelling everything on the day before due to natural disasters of flu and the like.

With Joseph it was far simpler: we got a text message, saying that he'd just come to Wrocław to see us that Saturday, which we thought was an All Fools' Day hoax. But it wasn't, and to our great surprise Joseph did turn up in our place for dinner, and we had a totally unplanned grand evening together, including piano and guitar playing (our friend is very talented). A real, inspiring "jam session", as some people suggested we should call it!

Distances may not be as huge as they seem, we agreed, wishing his business trips would run across Europe more often:)