Goodbye, Berlin!

Sad news: My friend Peter is leaving Berlin!
Yesterday evening I went to his goodbye-party, meeting lots of old friends from all over Germany, some of them I knew since more than 25 years, in IG Druck und Papier, IG Medien and ver.di. Quite some trade union history we're part of, and proud of it. We're all getting older, at least look it, but we're all young at heart, as ever.
It was a nice celebration at "Terzo Mondo", the greek restaurant owned by Kostas, an actor and very good friend of Peter's since many years (remember him from "Lindenstraße" on tv?), with Einhart the former clown (and later trade union official) doing some of his program, a poet and friend of Peter's having come all the way from Sarajewo, and others doing great music. We all loved the Kreuzberg Gang rock songs best.
There were so many of us, everybody loves Peter, the collegue and artist, and those who couldn't come had sent greetings. We exchanged quite some stories and news. It made me look forward to working with them again. Not with Peter, he's in Gelnhausen now, enjoying the life of an artist after his other jobs for more than 40 years. We'll miss him.