Saturday night the Couchsurfers (aka. my Toronto family) got together at the Crown & Tiger pub on College St to bid farewell to one of our all-time favourite Germans Nicole.
I met Nicole at my first CS event on Dec 16th 2007 (it was also her first event) and we’ve been best of friends ever since. Along with Neesa, our Nepalese Russian energiser (seriously you have to meet this girl to even begin to understand what I’m referring to), the three of us have pretty much been inseparable over the past few months.
I would have liked to have spent some one on one time with Nic before Sat night, just to chat about things like we oft did and to wish her well on her journey ahead, but it was not meant to be. So I put it in a card and asked that she not read it until she was on the plane. She asked me about that at the party and I simply said “just do it”. Truth is I wanted to offer her some time to reflect, just as I had, and remember all the great experiences - the laughter, the challenges, the love, all of it and I figured it wouldn’t be until she was on the plane that she would have that peace and quiet.
So it’s with a knowing that we will encounter each other again in the future, and an excitement for what’s in store for Nicole that I wish her safe and happy travels.
Oh yes, I just wanted to mention that I was not a fan of the food at the pub at all (the Caesar salad was not too great). On the plus side the pub did participate in Toronto’s first ever Earth Hour, and contributed to the city exceeding its power savings goal for the night so kudos to them for that.
Here are my pics from Sat night: