You know that moment when you’re chatting away at a party and suddenly realise you’ve both got the same mate? Cue the classic line: “It’s a small world!”

But let’s be real, nothing makes the world feel smaller than when you’re overseas and bump into someone you know. Of all the people, in all the cities, you cross paths with them. Mind-blowing.

Rob still can’t get over the time he walked through the artists’ square in Paris and locked eyes with a guy he hadn’t seen since his course 12 years earlier. Both wearing hats. Both doing the double-take. Next thing you know, they’re having lunch together in Paris. Because of course.

And Ash? She’s heading to Japan later this year with her husband and has already found out that four different people she knows will be there at the same time. Not planned, not organised, just pure “small world” magic. She’s not even trying to catch up with them, but you know what’s going to happen… she’ll turn a corner in Tokyo and boom, there they are.

Listeners have been sharing their own “no way!” moments too. Like the guy who walked into a car rental in Las Vegas only to see his brother walking out. His brother lives in Ireland, he lives in Australia, and they hadn’t even told each other they were going to the States. What are the chances?

These stories just keep proving it: sometimes the world is massive, but sometimes it’s just a tiny village with really expensive airfare.

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