YES! We were in Connecticut last year and were hungry and stopped to get gas. We asked a fellow at the gas pump next to us if he was local and could give us a good restauarant to eat breakfast, so he directed us to this GREAT coffee/tea shop. We ate a fantastic meal there and asked the waitress if she knew of a place to have dinner. When this guy at the next table turns around and gushes about an itallian place down the street. We all talked like long-lost friends for half and hour and left giving our thanks to him and his family for taking time to talk to out-of-towners so nicely.

My husband turned to me and asked me if I has ANY idea of who that was... ummm... no.... He said, "that guy who was sooo wonderful is hall-of-fame football player so-and-so for the Pittsuburg Steelers!" Well, I was unimpressed with his footballs fame and VERY impressed with how wonderfully nice and friendly they were! People in our area would have never talked to starngers at all, let along talk to the like long lost best friends.

The people were so wonderful that we were starting to thnk "lets pick up and move to conncticut!" Then we saw the selling prices of homes and deiced we couldn't! It just made us more aware of our surroundings and to go the extra effort to make people visiting our town feel as welcomed. I wish there was a way to thank both those friendly people who took their time to help strangers.