Meetings friends in unusual place!
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I met two girls on holiday in the Balkans on a bus tour in July 2012. One was English (Layla, from London) and the other was an Australian (Jackie, from Melbourne). The Aussie was planning on moving to the UK.
I should add I'm from Glasgow and am a schoolteacher.
Anyway, in November 2013 I was asked at the last minute to join a school trip to Edinburgh Zoo (the only time I have ever been to that zoo and 50 miles from my school) At one point, at the meerkat enclosure (the zoo is fairly big) I was "attacked" by two people. Of course it was only a bit of fun and to my amazement, yet you guessed it, it was the two girls, Layla & Jackie. It was the only time they have ever been to Edinburgh Zoo also, and around 400 miles from London.
It turns out after the holiday the girls kept in touch and Layla (London) got Jackie a job working for Sky TV. The trip to Edinburgh Zoo was part of a team building exercise for new and existing staff.
Anyway, I'd like to know the odds of that happening since it is without doubt the largest coincidence I can recall!
Date submitted:Sun, 03 Jan 2016 03:02:14 +0000Coincidence ID:8346
