Amazed in the Adriatic

Joining an Italian cruise ship, sailing from Venice around the coast of Italy to Savona, we wondered what nationality our fellow diners would be as this would be a multi national passenger list. First night we sat down to dinner and when one couple arrived they were from north Cornwall - our favourite UK holiday destination and we struck up a lively conversation on places we all knew and loved. I continued my conversation with our new Cornish friends when my husband began to speak with the 2nd couple to join the table. I then overheard from the new couple the words "Oh we're from a small town in Derbyshire you probably won't have heard of ... Glossop". Wow. Our home was Glossop. As we continued we soon were amazed to discover that the gentleman had been born and lived for a good part of his life in the house we had lived in for the last 17-years. We knew his name well because our neighbour had often talked of his father. It also emerged that his partner was a work colleague of my brother in law. We found this amazing amongst thousands of passengers from all over Europe and in the Adriatic, so far from the UK.