A chance meeting on holiday

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We lived in Ely in Cambridgeshire and went on holiday to Interlaken in Switzerland. One fine day we are walking down the street, and I see a class mate and her family walking towards me, so said "hello" much to their surprise too. Not just a coincidence of place but of timing too, a few more seconds and we'd have turned off and never known they were even in the same town.
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Date submitted:Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:17:47 +0000Coincidence ID:3386