It's a Small Small World

A week or so ago I mentioned my friend Arian, author of the blog A Time to Love and I asked if any of you would like to know the funny story of how we met. A few of you politely showed interest so I decided I would go ahead and share it today. The first week Bird and I moved to Italy we decided it would be fun to take a bus tour to Salzburg. Unfortunately, the morning of our trip Bird came down with a debilitating migraine leaving me to venture out on my own. While on the bus I sat in front of friendly couple visiting from Utah. During our 4 hour drive to Salzburg I learned all about them and their family. I learned they were visiting their son and daughter-in-law who had just had a baby. I also learned how their son and daughter-in-law met and fell in love. We laughed and talked the entire time. They couldn't have been a sweeter couple and the stories they told about their family couldn't have been more enchanting. A few weeks later Bird came home and told me about a couple he wanted me to meet, yet for some reason we were never able to get together. Fast forward to a crazy expensive home decorating store we had no business in. Every couple of minutes we ran into and made small talk with a man Bird knew from work and his wife. About the 4th or 5th time we bumped into this couple we were formally introduced. It turns out this man and his wife were the couple Bird had been telling me about. Anyway, Arian and I began getting acquainted and it didn't take long before we asked where the other was from. I believe I said, "I'm from Kansas City, Missouri" because nobody ever knows where Lee's Summit is. Arian excitedly replied, "I'm from Blue Springs!" Shocked, we began talking about places we used to go and where we went to school, etc... We couldn't believe it but we had actually graduated from the same high school only 2 years apart. She sat behind my brother in one of her classes AND we had a few mutual friends! Wait there's MORE! Soon after, Bird had a terrifying encounter with a giant swaying fake palm tree that almost fell over and crushed thousands of glass vases causing us to decide it was time to take this reunion elsewhere. We decided it was time to eat and as we walked into the restaurant it dawned on me that THIS WAS THE COUPLE I HEARD ALL ABOUT DURING MY TRIP TO SALZBURG! I immediately asked Arian just to be sure. She couldn't believe I knew so much about them and laughed when she realized I was one of the people they in turn had heard all about after her in-laws returned from their trip to Salzburg. We've shared some pretty special moments with Eric and Arian since then including one of the most memorable Christmas Eve's of our life but that's another story in itself. I have a few other small world stories to share from our travels. Do you have any small world stories you would like to share?