I wonder... just an insignificant coincidence

This post was supposed to go live a couple of weeks ago, but I just managed to allocate the time to write it. I had the opportunity (and the necessity) to visit Edinburgh on a Tuesday... as stated, two weeks ago. When I bought the train ticket I chose the cheapest fares and did not realise that I would have to use the Metro system to get to the station because it was too early to take a regular bus. Boring details, I know, but they're important for the story... please bear with me. So I left the flat with just enough time to get to the station and buy a drink for the trip; people who have travel with me know that I'm not a fan of arriving too early to the station/airport. So I crossed Jesmond Dene before 6 AM and there were already people running. Nice! A block away from the Metro stop I noticed that a lady had parked her small white Fiat very close to an intersection, which made me wonder whether it was on a lawful parking spot. She walked towards the Metro stop smoking and I moved to the opposite side of the road to avoid the smell. The train trip was fine; when I arrived to Edinburgh I went directly to take the free shuttle bus from the city centre to King's Buildings. After waiting for it for about 10 minutes I realised it was not on for that week! Bummer. The weather was alright and the walk was very enjoyable. Then I did what needed doing and said a sad good-bye to my colleagues... Coming back to the city centre I bought a couple of ginger marmalade jars and unsuccessfully looked for vanilla-flavoured assam tea, items that I haven't been able to find in Newcastle. I bought a sandwich and, with too much time on my hands, went to eat my lunch at the Princes gardens with a lot of people who were also enjoying the weather. On the way back I was planning to watch The Big Lebowski, but the blinding sun didn't let me. Hopefully loads of vitamin D were activated during the trip... Now in Newcastle, all went according to plan but for some reason I took too much time to get off the Metro. I guess I was just enjoying the day, not paying much attention and doing everything slowly; after all it was about 2PM, the time for my nap. Just kidding!, I can't nap. After a few steps out of the Metro stop, I noticed that the lady in front of me was opening the white Fiat that caught my attention a few hours early. I would not have identified her but for the car, so I'm not 100% sure that it was the same person. Nevertheless, the coincidence made my day. I didn't react quickly and, therefore, I didn't approach her to share my joy... later I regretted that but at the same time I think it would've been pretty creepy for her if I had done it. Many things were in play here, from having to go to the Metro stop 20 minutes away from home instead of taking the bus in front of the flat, to the fact that I didn't walk as fast as I use to after getting off the Metro. Was the lady working in Newcastle the whole time? did she, like me, travel to another town? Why did she choose that Metro stop and that parking spot so close to the intersection? So many variables... Did that whole thing mean something special? I don't know, I don't think so, but it made me smile and I felt a bit of a connection with the world, with the city, with another human being. A connection that that human being doesn't know of... creepy! How many of those situations happen everyday? in a given city? how many of them are acknowledge by one of the people involved? how many are they perceived by all the people involved? Do people ponder about it? or is it just me who gives certain value to something so common or so trivial? I just hope next time I'm more alert and can share it with the people involved; I may creep them out, but there is also the slight possibility that they will smile with me.