Split Croatia

A few years ago my wife and I purchased a house on the island of Korcula, in Croatia. Usually we drive from the UK and take the ferry from Split to Korcula. Probably, we visit Split, a pleasant town with a beautiful old Roman centre, no more than 3 times a year. At the beginning of May last year, we had been to a meeting at an office on the waterfront and were looking for somewhere to have supper. We came across an open air café, clearly popular from the large amount of customers sitting and eating there. The manageress suggested we could join several other people on a bench at a table. Everyone moved up to make room for us and we found ourselves sitting across the table from a man, who turned out to be Danish and, like all Danes, spoke excellent English. I had spent 8 ½ years working in Oman for a local company. One of their activities was representing shipping companies. It turned out that our new found friend had been based in Dubai at the same time where he was the managing agent for the same shipping companies