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Amazing Coincidence by Rob on September 14, 2009

Last seen in January

Last seen in January

We got an email this afternoon from a traveler named Christopher, who found our sticker while walking through one of the most unlikely areas of suburban Kanagawa. I placed the sticker during one of my trademark Kanagawa Constitutionals, at a particularly low point in my experience in Japan. I was horribly unhappy that day, and walked for about an hour to an unimportant overpass in an unknown and unloved part of Kawasaki City, where I placed the sticker to commemorate that particularly bad time.

Eight months later, Chris found my sticker.

More amazing still, as I sat in Jen’s office in Sultanahmet today, his email arrived in my inbox. I was telling Jen the story when I followed a link to his website to find his most recent entry about visiting Calgary, Alberta (Jen’s hometown).

Even more amazing than that: one of the pictures in the frontpage photo array is an image of Jen’s office building.

Yeah. Seriously.

So to Chris– thanks for tracking us down, and whether you wanted to or not, you’ve shared a very personal moment in my story.

The Under-loved Overpass

The Under-loved Overpass

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  1. ger_77 on September 14, 2009 6:50 pm

    I always beleve things happen for a reason. The person who found your sticker is my son – he’s a pretty amazing guy who finds beauty in the most unusual places. I hope you get to meet him one day – we’ll be in Istanbul in about 2 weeks; who knows?

  2. Rob on September 14, 2009 10:42 pm

    This is pretty wild– we will certainly be in Istanbul when you all come out. Drop us a line and we’ll meet for coffee in Taksim!

    I also agree, for the record. Our lives lately have been too full of great and spooky coincidences for it not to have some meaning.

    Can you tell I grew up in a hippy town?

  3. Bryan on September 16, 2009 6:21 pm

    This is pretty nuts. The world manages to bring people together in strange ways.

    Rob is a hippie.

  4. Pozzy on September 28, 2009 8:42 am

    Hey folks. I thought it was pretty nuts that I got an email back from these guys, especially when I just happened to stumble across your stick here. Pretty damn cool. Although I do admit, it was one hell of a walk from Tama Plaza to Kajigaya!!!

  5. Jedidiah Mitchell on September 28, 2009 10:05 am

    Hah. I still find these up all over the Pioneer Valley. Awesome.

    Jed

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