Unexpected meeting
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I live in London and visit the National Portrait Gallery about once a year.
My cousin lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has not visited the UK in five years. Returning from a business trip to Moscow with her husband, they stopped over in London for 24 hours. They had not advised any of their UK relatives of their visit and we were totally unaware that they were in the country.
I missed a train at London Charing Cross station and decided to spend the 30 minutes till the next one in the National Portrait Gallery. i was leaving the ground floor gallery and turned to see my cousin almost next to me .
In the words of Harry Hill "What's the chances of that happening ?"
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:37:53 +0000Coincidence ID:5420
