small world moments

two it's a small world after all moments:

1) cafe in copenhagen, me & S stop to get a quick caffeination. we're sitting beside two women, a bit older than us probably. they were speaking danish. S & i were having our own chat. then i heard one of the women mention cheesecake & new york. i had to interject by saying "excuse me. are you talking about junior's in brooklyn?" she said yes. then we bonded over junior's cheesecake. it turns out she's from brooklyn, married to a danish guy, been living in copenhagen for 15 years, but used to live -- get this -- on sterling place between franklin & classon. we were neighbours! funny. her brother still lives in crown heights. pretty bizarro.

2) just now on my way back to the hague from london, i was collecting my baggage at the airport in amsterdam. i walked past a large package wrapped in kraft paper, with a big fragile sticker on it. it was just propped up by itself, against a pole. as i walked past, i glanced at the package. double take. it was either addressed to or from M.T., someone my friend S.L. knows from montreal. crazy, right? weirdness. anyway totally blows my mind, these small world moments. ** UPDATE ** it turns out that the package is some art that M.T. purchased in macedonia. it got lost somewhere between belgrade & toronto, but has now been found. it is sitting in the baggage area of amsterdam's airport. and i found it! what a sleuth i am.