Travel
I Took The Wrong Suitcase When I Got Off The Train — My Wildest Travel Story
Travel allows us to see not only beautiful scenery but sometimes embarrassment occurs too, such as delayed flight, bad weather, lost the way, the wallet was stolen, etc.
However, my wildest experience was taking the wrong suitcase when getting off the train.
Some years ago, my husband(ex) was still working in Germany, and I was teaching in China at the time. Every summer vacation, I took my son to Germany to reunite with him.
During the time, my son and I occasionally traveled by ourselves. Once, we were going to Mainz to visit an old friend of mine.
She lives in a remote town more than fifty kilometers from Mainz. We got on the train in a small town in North-Rhine Westphalia and needed to change the train in Mainz to get there.
Before leaving, my husband tied a red ribbon to our black suitcase, which he said would prevent confusion as there are many similar suitcases.
After getting on the train, we put our suitcase on the rack at the door of the carriage. I glanced at the rack and saw that there were indeed several black suitcases, all about the same shape and size as ours. I…
