“Just a brief second can change things in a wonderful way in life."
Feb 10, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1
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Episode description
Italian traveler Cristina Farina arrived in London in the summer of 1984, only to be stood up by a man she met on an airplane. But then Cristina started chatting with American stranger Matt Reineke in London’s Trafalgar Square, changing the course of their lives forever.
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