Meeting in Venice

A couple of years ago, I visited Venice with my husband. We spent a pleasant day discovering the unknown Venice, wandering around all of the little unmarked alleyways and piazzas, stopping for refreshments whenever the mood took us. During one such pitstop, I sat down at an outdoor table whilst my husband went into the cafe to order tea. Idly scanning the group at the next table, I observed that the woman looked strangely familiar. A closer glance revealed that it was, in fact, my husband's brother and sister-in-law and their teenage daughter! My husband and his brother are friendly, but re not in regular contact and none of us had any idea that the others were in Venice. Indeed their visit was a last minute booking, based on flight and hotel availability when they decided to take an impromptu half term break. We were all equally amazed, especially since had we tried to arrange a meeting, it would have been very unlikely that any of us would have been able to find that particularly cafe in that particular square!