Sometimes It’s Good To Talk To Strangers

I’m a rolling stone.

For the last eight weeks, I’ve been to 5 countries, taken 11 flights and one motorcycle trip.

Now I’m back home.

But I still have stories to tell from my travels…

A SMALL WORLD

Yesterday, I told you how I found the secret breakfast restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Today, I want to tell you what happened inside.

First, it was crowded… packed… full of people.

How they all found the hidden entrance was a mystery to me.

But just as I walked in, the best table became available.

It had a comfy couch and it was away from the other tables, just like I like it.

I jumped on it.

But it was too good to be true.

Just as I was getting comfortable with my coffee and my book, the waitress asked me for a favor: a group of four girls had just arrived. Could I move to a smaller table so they could sit on my comfy couch?

Ok, I said.

This time, I was sitting on a hard bench right next to another guy.

No personal space at all!

Then I noticed he also had a book – a real book with pages and ink: “Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville.

It’s a book that’s been on my reading list for a while.

So I did something I usually don’t do, I started a conversation.

And I’m glad I did.

Because we soon found out we had a lot in common.

We were both English teachers.

And we both started in Prague in 2004.

In fact, we knew a lot of the same people!

It’s a small world.