Greek encounter 1972
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During an overland "World Trip" by minibus, August 1972, driving down a long, straight road in Greek Mani Peninsula with no turnings, totally barren landscape, in VW camper van, my travelling companion and I spotted two girls hitch hiking and stopped to give them a lift. It turned out to be the sister of a friend of ours (and her travelling companion) from Manchester, UK. Our friend Michael Wood later became the TV historian. We had visited him in Oxford on our way to the ferry to Denmark in July 72.
This is the earliest of three coincidences - will post the other two separately.
Alec M.
Date submitted:Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04:04 +0000Coincidence ID:5918
