Last evening, we saw Pauline, a language student from France a sitting by herself in the common room. Something just didn’t seem right. Something was missing.
Then we realized that her closest friend in the hostel Sophie from the Netherlands was nowhere to be seen and we hadn’t seen her for a few days!
“Hey, Pauline,” we asked. “Where’s Sophie?”
“Holland,” she replied.
Oh yes. Sometimes the squirrel falls asleep in the wheel. Of course. Sophie has returned home for nine days. Her sister is getting married and she has been asked to be Maid of Honour. She’ll be back after next week!
But it is like that here at our Toronto hostel. Firm friendships are made between people from very diverse backgrounds. Pauline and Sophie have become such fast friends that we often remark that the two are inseperable and seemed joined-at-the-hip.
Seeing one without the other seems strange. Tonight is Karaoke Night at the Fox. We won’t be hearing Sophie and Pauline belting out a number together.
So I guess this brief separation is not all bad!
Sophie (m); Pauline (r); at Karaoke with Christine (from U.S.A,) on the left.
Ah ah I hadn’t seen that before, it’s very funny and also absolutely TRUE.
SOPHIE COME BACK, I’M LOST WITHOUT YOU
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