Another Berlin coincidence
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Another year I visited my cousin who lives at the north east edge of Berlin, much as North Barnet is in relation to London. I had phoned for a taxi to take me to Unter den Linden, very much in the centre of the (now reunited) Berlin. The young German driver started to talk to me and, having been told that I had come to Berlin for a visit from London, started to speak in quite good English. I asked him where had learned it and he told me "at school and I have twice visited my sister who is studying in USA" When I asked him where, he said that I wouldn't know the college, in a little town in Minnesota. "Is it Carleton College (in Northfield, about 30 miles from Minneapolis?" Very surprised, he confirmed it. "That's where I went to college in the early 1940s" I told him.
Date submitted:Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:41:45 +0000Coincidence ID:6412
