There are so many cool things it's hard to cover, but there have been two very "it's a small world" moments that I quite like to recall.
The first happened in Australia on a family trip. We went to a city not as popular with North American tourists (Cairns) and were walking around town on a random day. We passed by an internet cafe that had a young woman standing outside of it handing out flyers. I can't remember whether it was my brother or the woman that sort of jolted on the spot with recognition, but it turned out that it was my brother's best friend's sister handing out flyers. Neither of them had any idea the other was out here.
The second moment happened while I was staying in Japan for a month, in the Kyoto-Osaka region. I come from a VERY religious town (the bible belt) in which we have many Jehovah's witnesses. So here i am with a group of other Canadian students walking to a shopping centre when I ask a woman nearby for directions. She speaks English, starts chatting, and it quickly becomes evident that I have somehow managed to stop the only Japanese Jehovah's witness I've ever met. I had pamphlets and all the goodies pushed into my hands and it was just so familiar and bizarre.
There are so many cool things it's hard to cover, but there have been two very "it's a small world" moments that I quite like to recall.
The first happened in Australia on a family trip. We went to a city not as popular with North American tourists (Cairns) and were walking around town on a random day. We passed by an internet cafe that had a young woman standing outside of it handing out flyers. I can't remember whether it was my brother or the woman that sort of jolted on the spot with recognition, but it turned out that it was my brother's best friend's sister handing out flyers. Neither of them had any idea the other was out here.
The second moment happened while I was staying in Japan for a month, in the Kyoto-Osaka region. I come from a VERY religious town (the bible belt) in which we have many Jehovah's witnesses. So here i am with a group of other Canadian students walking to a shopping centre when I ask a woman nearby for directions. She speaks English, starts chatting, and it quickly becomes evident that I have somehow managed to stop the only Japanese Jehovah's witness I've ever met. I had pamphlets and all the goodies pushed into my hands and it was just so familiar and bizarre.