Chapter 25
‘Hiroto, it’s great to see you again,’ called the young medical student as the Japanese academic entered the busy restaurant. ‘Please, have a seat. I’m glad you could fit our dinner into your busy schedule.’
The two men shared a common educational institution, both being stationed at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in Ukraine.
With a polite bow to his dinner companion before taking his seat, Hiroto replied, ‘It is my pleasure to see you once more, Dmitri before I leave to return home to Japan. My sabbatical visit to the Faculty of Philosophy has been most illuminating. It is truly one of the most historic educational institutions in the world and I feel very privileged to have furthered my research in its halls. I am sorry I must leave so soon.’
‘Well, at le
