Amazing Grace in Croatia

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Summer 2018. I was travelling through Croatia with a friend, and we had arranged to meet my flatmate at the time, Seamus (I was living in London) and his friend in Split. We arrive in Split, meet Seamus and his friend and all go check in at a hostel. After a few days, my flatmate and his friend decide to leave Split to go to some music festival in a nearby town. My friend and I stay in Split and we meet this American girl, Grace, who had just checked in at the hostel. She’s really nice and we spend the evening with her. My friend and I were supposed to leave Split the next day to continue our trip, so we say bye to Grace and exchange each other’s numbers. Fast forward 2 weeks, I’m spending the rest of summer in France, where I’m from. One night, I get a text from Grace, saying she’s in my house in London!! Turns out, a few days after I left Split, Seamus and his friend came back from their music festival, checked in at the same hostel again, met Grace. Then, 2 weeks later, she was flying back from Croatia to New York, with a connection in London, but she missed her flight in London. So she texted my flatmate to ask if she could crash at his house (not knowing it was also my house). They got talking that night, and Seamus mentioned he had a french flatmate called Laurentine (me). She was like “wait, I met a french girl called Laurentine in Split!” ! During all this time, I had no idea my flatmate had met Grace, and now she was staying in my house in London !!!
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Date submitted:Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:24:16 +0000Coincidence ID:10628