Sigrid and I first met when she came to New Zealand on her first visit, near the end of her big OE. Sigrid had a room in a shared house at 22 Grafton Rd where Trevor, a family friend was the head tenant. This was in the winter of 1986. Trevor invited me to a party and I met Sigrid for the first time. We talked all night and discovered we were born within hours of eachother but on opposite sides of the world. We were best friends from that moment on. Like twins, two halves of the same coin.