Old Friends

While sitting in a pub finishing my hamburger on the 4th of July, I received a call on my cell phone; Bill & Betsy missed their connecting flight from Athens to Chicago and were grounded in London for the night.  Betsy is my best friend that I haven't seen since last year when she moved away from Tallahassee.  Who knew then that we would be in London the next time we would see each other! It was so good to see them, I've missed hanging out with them - long distance phone calls are good, but not the same as being together.  It was just like old times and nice to catch up.  Hopefully, we will not have to leave the continent to see each other again!

Tonight I am meeting Troy K. for dinner.  We grew up down the street from each other and carpooled to high school.  He now lives in London.  I'm meeting him near his place, so I'll get to see another part of town while catching up with another old friend.

Funnily enough, a good friend of mine from college, who now lives in Denver, arrives to Paris the night I leave - ours planes will probably pass each other over the Atlantic.  Another near miss that shows just what a small world it is!