Grand Canyon coincidence
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In about 1979, I was travelling in the USA. My partner and I were delivering cars, and travelling where they sent us.
We had spent a few days in San Francisco, before heading off to Houston with a car we had been asked to deliver. We decided to stop at the Grand Canyon overnight, so we could experience one of the USA’s best scenic attractions. We were sitting looking out over the Canyon, and started chatting to a woman who has also stopped to admire the view. She was on her way back home to San Francisco. She asked where we had stayed in San Francisco. We had been invited by a kindly stranger to stay in his flat – his flatmate had gone off on holiday for a couple of weeks. We told her the name of this person, and where he lived. Turned out it was her flat we had stayed in..... she was so amazed, it made an even bigger impact on her (and on us! than the Grand Canyon. (Should she ever read this, thanks again for the hospitality we were given!)
Date submitted:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:58:33 +0000Coincidence ID:5776
