Catching up with old acquaintances

Pleasant Surprises

Over lunch, we overheard this couple, Rolly and Yolly, describing to one of the ship’s servers where they were from in the Philippines. It turns out that we are from the same province, same town, attended the same school, and know someone in common. To top it off, they both reside in the Bay Area, Yolly worked at a lab nearby the hospital I worked at in Berkeley, and Rolly retired from BART, where Jay also retired from. It’s a small world after all!

And best of all, making new friends across the pond!

Christine and David live just outside of Southampton. We’ve enjoyed many fun evenings and meals together during the cruise. They will be taking us to Petworth House when we get off the ship. Looking forward to our chicken wings lunch too!