Exchange

One of many goodbye fikas

“We came from different directions, our paths happened to cross, our eyes met for an instant, then we moved off in different directions once more.” 

— Haruki Murakami (1Q84)

Exchange is an interesting business, an exercise in meeting new people as much as being in new places. It's been a rather downer few days as I say goodbye to the friends I've made here. And it's interesting, isn't it, the people you meet when you're away? Sometimes you make a one-time acquaintance, and sometimes you find a friend who lives an ocean away. Life is never quite the same.