Chance Encounters

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The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters, the podcast companion to the hit column on CNN.com from Francesca Street, chronicles incredible real-life stories of unforgettable travel connections. 

  1. English Channel: The Summer Spark That Never Ended

    2025. 08. 01.

    English Channel: The Summer Spark That Never Ended

    American Kerri Cunningham fell for Brit Dirk Stevens when they met as teenagers on vacation. They were each other’s first love but lived on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Then almost three decades later, they unexpectedly reunited. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo: iStock/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    23분
  2. Pittsburgh: Our Five-Minute Airplane Chat Led to Lasting Love

    2025. 07. 25.

    Pittsburgh: Our Five-Minute Airplane Chat Led to Lasting Love

    Hunter Smith was working the gate, John Lihas was working the flight. The two had a five-minute conversation that set in motion an unexpected travel love story that’s still going strong today. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo:  iStock/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    17분
  3. London: Standby Airplane Tickets Changed Our Lives

    2025. 07. 18.

    London: Standby Airplane Tickets Changed Our Lives

    American Southerner Vickie Moretz didn’t know what “standby” meant when she booked a cheap flight to London in 1982. Just before takeoff, she was rushed onboard and seated beside Graham Kidner—a 22-year-old Brit. That last-minute seat sparked a connection that’s lasted over 40 years. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo credit: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    20분
  4. Mazatlán: The Summer I Ran Away with a Yacht Captain

    2025. 07. 11.

    Mazatlán: The Summer I Ran Away with a Yacht Captain

    Bob Parsons was an American yacht captain. Beverly Carriveau was a Canadian librarian. One summer in Mazatlán, Mexico, a “thunderbolt" passed between them, and their lives were never the same again. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    24분
  5. Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped

    2025. 07. 04.

    Yellowstone: We Bonded Over Ice Cream, Then Eloped

    American hiker Andrew McGowan and Taiwanese student Shallen Yu spent one glorious day together eating ice cream, stargazing and bonding over peach cobbler in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2013. They were determined to be together against the odds. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode photo: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    22분
  6. Rome: We Fell in Love at the Trevi Fountain

    2025. 06. 27.

    Rome: We Fell in Love at the Trevi Fountain

    American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the city's Trevi Fountain and came to face-to-face with her future husband, Italian local Fausto Mezzana. Here’s how a vacation romance turned into a love story spanning 25 years and counting. Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Episode Photo: Steve Christo/Corbis via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    24분
  7. "I'll take a chance, hop on the back of his motorcycle."

    2025. 03. 17.

    "I'll take a chance, hop on the back of his motorcycle."

    When Rachel Décoste traveled to West Africa’s Republic of Benin in 2018, she was anticipating a life-changing trip. Then she jumped on the back of Benin local Honoré Orogbo's motorbike and the trip changed her life in more ways than she ever could have imagined. Read Rachel & Honoré's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    22분
  8. “After that night we were instantly like best friends.”

    2025. 03. 10.

    “After that night we were instantly like best friends.”

    Adopted from South Korea to the US as a baby, Linsay DeBates returned to her birth country for the first time in 2000, aged 19. By chance, she met fellow American Doug Gist during the trip and a friendship began that continues 25 years later. Read Linsay & Doug's story on CNN.com Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street Share your Chance Encounter with CNN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    20분
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The unexpected connections you make while traveling can change your life: from romance that sparks at 30,000 feet to unlikely friendships that begin on the road. Chance Encounters, the podcast companion to the hit column on CNN.com from Francesca Street, chronicles incredible real-life stories of unforgettable travel connections. 

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