Holiday coincidence

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We were in an ice cream parlour in the Algarve when our next door neighbour came in. Neither of us knew we were going to be in Portugal at the same time. Neither of us were actually staying in the town where we had the ice cream.
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Date submitted:Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:53:49 +0000Coincidence ID:10472