OMG - An Ode to Jesper

I miss my friend Jesper, who used to work at the Danish Cultural Institute here in Athens, but stopped by New Year and returned to the old mother country, Denmark.

We used to hang out whenever - discussing everything from food, TV-series, art, archeology, comic books, the roots of drama and not entirely unimportant - women. He is fun and easy-going company and it would fool a lot of people into thinking he didn't have depth or intellectual prowess.

And so, he has gone away from dirty, lively, ever-unexpected Athens to live in Copenhagen, paragon of order, cleanliness and the expected - and I really miss him. Most of my friends here has kids, wives, girl-friends, super-busy jobs or even all those together - and it can at times be difficult to hunt down anyone ready to grab a coffee and solve the world situation in an hour or so. Jesper was - despite having a busy job and in no short supply of friends - almost always ready to that.

So, that's my Ode to Jesper. And even though we keep in touch through that internet-thing-y, it's just not the same as a kafedaki or a cold drink at Booze.