Holiday encounters

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Three years ago I bumped into two different colleagues from work (I work at a middle sized North of England university) on two separate holidays a month apart. One on a beach in a small village in Britanny; the other in the Dom in Berlin. I knew neither was going on holiday there, nor when. On the first holiday, we stayed in a small self-catering complex and found that someone from the adjacent office was also staying there, though while we were there we DIDN'T bump into them!. So three people from work on two separate European holidays within a month ...and two close encounters !
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:06:48 +0000Coincidence ID:4264