Meeting Mutual Friends on a Mountain
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My husband travels a lot for his work. One New Year he was in Cape Town and had enough spare time to climb Table Mountain. Half way up he stopped to rest and was joined by a man coming down the mountain. They got talking. The stranger was South African but it turned out he had recently been staying with friends in the village two miles from us. Not only did we know his friends but around the time my husband and the South African were meeting I was dancing with the mutual friends at a New Year's eve party.
Date submitted:Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:16:18 +0000Coincidence ID:6792
