Dom Einhorn and his lovely wife Mia Hanh have been friends for years on Facebook, though we’ve never met. We shared jokes and observations on life – as you do.

A couple of days ago, we came to Gourdon in the Périgord region of south-west France because my wife had some business to attend to regarding her parents’ estate. We booked into a little hotel called La Promenade where we have stayed many times before. Imagine our surprise when, through the door of the reception should walk Dom and Mia (who lived in USA at the time). Who would have thought that, by sheer coincidence, we should bump into each other in an isolated small town in SW France… in the same hotel, on the same date.

Now La Promenade is not renowned for its cuisine. It’s okay and it provides what it says on the can. You can get an inexpensive lunch or dinner and the quality is consistent. But we couldn’t resist sitting outside in the evening sun and exchanging a happy conversation while chowing down on whatever took our fancy washed down with a local beer. Dom was a naughty boy because he settled the bill while we weren’t looking. In revenge, I got the waitress to take a photo of the four of us. Dom’s the tall handsome one with the wicked smile, and Mia is sat in front of him looking gorgeous. Marie-Danielle’s looking pretty and I’m wearing a shirt you could play chess on.

Life can play some funny games at times – some good, some bad. This was one of the good ones!