Meeting old friend
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When I was 19 I stayed for six weeks on a kibbutz in Israel where I met and became friends with a swiss man called Rene. This was in the summer of 1977. I returned to England in September 1977 where my boyfriend was and we decided to do some travelling so in April 1978 we went to India. During this time I was not in contact with Rene at all. My boyfriend and I travelled south to Sri Lanka in December 1978 and whilst visiting a hill town called Kandy we were walking down a street and quite literally walked into Rene, I had not had any contact with him since I had left Israel 16 months previously and he knew nothing of any travel plans I may of had.
Date submitted:Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:58:30 +0000Coincidence ID:6036
