Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/trans-siberian-railway-romance-chance-encounters">Read Marie-Claire &amp; Elaine's story on CNN.com</a><a href="https://cnn.com/travel/chance-encounters">Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street</a><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chance-encounters-travel-callout/index.html">Share your Chance Encounter with CNN</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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Read Marie-Claire &amp; Elaine's story on CNN.com
Read more Chance Encounters by Francesca Street
Share your Chance Encounter with CNN
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Frenchwoman Marie-Claire Martineau and American traveler Elaine Comerford were thrown together by fate on board the Trans-Siberian Railway in the summer of 1991. Here's how that serendipitous railway journey turned into a decades-spanning romance.

Read Marie-Claire & Elaine'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

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" We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."

" We started flirting in Mongolia. We kissed in Siberia, somewhere on the train."

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