I did not know you were a Banana Slug, Sharron! I almost went there!
Was that Waffle House in Amsterdam near the train station by any chance? If so, that is where I had the best strawberry crepe in my life. It was gigantic, with fresh strawberries and powdered sugar, nothing else. A few years later, I was working at a temp job in San Francisco and a co-worker happened to mention the best crepe she’d ever had was in Amsterdam and I asked her where. Turns out she was talking about the same place! It is a small world indeed!
That's the sort of thing that would make travel worth all the fuss. This week just driving to kittyfood store, parked in driveway along the way: Big private bus with giant lettering: Lafayette Fife and Drum Corps. People from MY life right there. They march in my other world, 18 C American Revolution. Nope. Didn't stop to disturb their day. Might do next time ))) Made me smile all day. )))
I wonder how many serendipitous encounters we almost have as well as the ones we do. I met a cousin I didn't know I had quite by chance. We had the same last name and I asked where he was from. One thing led to another. Yep, related. We see each other to this day, 30 years later.
'Dios los hace, y ellos se juntan.' - Very cool story, Sharron!
I love random coincidences like these! Especially when you're across the world. I actually have a draft ready to come out next week of exactly those kind of random meeting travel stories. The world works in mysterious ways doesn't it?
Years ago, I got off a plane in London and got in a line for a cab. I kept staring at the man in front of me, not quite believing I could run into someone I knew so far from home. Finally, I said Harry? He turned around and was just as surprised as me. We had worked together for a time several years prior.
It's amazing that these encounters happen so often.
I'm originally from California as well and not long after moving to Wisconsin, I went to the DMV. The woman working there had also recently moved from California! I know the odds of meeting someone else from such a large state are pretty high, but the chance meeting did make the world feel just a little smaller and more welcome.
Lovely. Thank you. When we visit grandma in Santa Cruz, we often walk the Boardwalk. How can it be, that we see friends from our current town, 300 miles away?
Wow, great stories. I have not had these encounters, but I don’t get to travel much, unfortunately. But I did just get my renewed passport in the mail, so maybe my next trip!! 😃
I did not know you were a Banana Slug, Sharron! I almost went there!
Was that Waffle House in Amsterdam near the train station by any chance? If so, that is where I had the best strawberry crepe in my life. It was gigantic, with fresh strawberries and powdered sugar, nothing else. A few years later, I was working at a temp job in San Francisco and a co-worker happened to mention the best crepe she’d ever had was in Amsterdam and I asked her where. Turns out she was talking about the same place! It is a small world indeed!
That's the sort of thing that would make travel worth all the fuss. This week just driving to kittyfood store, parked in driveway along the way: Big private bus with giant lettering: Lafayette Fife and Drum Corps. People from MY life right there. They march in my other world, 18 C American Revolution. Nope. Didn't stop to disturb their day. Might do next time ))) Made me smile all day. )))
I wonder how many serendipitous encounters we almost have as well as the ones we do. I met a cousin I didn't know I had quite by chance. We had the same last name and I asked where he was from. One thing led to another. Yep, related. We see each other to this day, 30 years later.
'Dios los hace, y ellos se juntan.' - Very cool story, Sharron!
I love random coincidences like these! Especially when you're across the world. I actually have a draft ready to come out next week of exactly those kind of random meeting travel stories. The world works in mysterious ways doesn't it?
It is so much fun when those "chance" meetings occur - they bring a specialness to the day and a smile to my face.
Years ago, I got off a plane in London and got in a line for a cab. I kept staring at the man in front of me, not quite believing I could run into someone I knew so far from home. Finally, I said Harry? He turned around and was just as surprised as me. We had worked together for a time several years prior.
It's amazing that these encounters happen so often.
I'm originally from California as well and not long after moving to Wisconsin, I went to the DMV. The woman working there had also recently moved from California! I know the odds of meeting someone else from such a large state are pretty high, but the chance meeting did make the world feel just a little smaller and more welcome.
So lovely! 🇮🇹
Lovely. Thank you. When we visit grandma in Santa Cruz, we often walk the Boardwalk. How can it be, that we see friends from our current town, 300 miles away?
Wow, great stories. I have not had these encounters, but I don’t get to travel much, unfortunately. But I did just get my renewed passport in the mail, so maybe my next trip!! 😃
Very cool vignette, Sharron. Made me feel nostalgic. Hugs!
Great story, love chance encounters, makes one wonder though... coincidence or fate or there is no such thing as fate.
By the way, the PBS show Nature has a series where they place pretend animals with little cameras. They even do your favorites, the mudskippers.