I will report here happened to me in kind: "more stupid than me, you die." I'm not dead, so we must believe that there must be more stupid.
I have a (small) excuse, I was young. Not very very young (21 years), but enough, especially for me who have matured very late (how that, I am not yet?).
So this year, I had to go to England, a small port in Cornwall, Falmouth, for an exchange student. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Marseille came to Falmouth in the second quarter of the school year and I went to Falmouth for the third quarter.
Here I am, with my luggage, first by train from Marseille to Calais, then from there to London where I had to take another train from London to Falmouth. It is from the moment I arrived in London it started to m *** er. First I made all around the city by metro, the circular line because I have not taken in the right direction.
Good, I can still at the station. I already know that I did not train for Falmouth until morning. I start looking for a bed and breakfeast "for the night. Once installed in the room, I go to the station to get my ticket, saying that it is always it's less I have to do tomorrow morning.
Here at the station, I understand that, no, actually, there is a train for Falmouth this evening in not very long. I say "damn, it's stupid to pay a hotel night, so I could take the train there."
After my post, I returned post-haste to the hotel, told the gentleman that finally I have a train tonight. He agreed to refund me and I go again with all speed to the station, after collecting my luggage.
I come to the train, settle down beside a gentleman, very English in its appearance. Suddenly: "shit, my ticket!" And as I look in my bag, everywhere, no ticket. Shit, no ticket, I had forgotten at the hotel. But the train is leaving in a short time, even though the hotel is not far, I have no time to recover.
I turn then to the gentleman next door and he somehow explains my problem. He wants to help me and we went in search of the conductor asked him to delay a little the start, while I make a jump to the hotel to get my ticket. When and where we find the gentleman chic tells him what happens, I put hand in my coat pocket and finds ... YES ... you guessed it: my train ticket.
So I leave this one in my pocket and shows the two men looking at me smiling a little nervously. "Ah, women said the gentleman, they are all like that!"
Well, here I am again in my train, which departs at last towards Falmouth. But the story is not finished. During the journey, I realize the conversations taking place around me, not really, this train is not going to Falmouth tonight, I misunderstood. Truro is only up to thirty kilometers. A straw! As it is already nearly 24 hours that I travel from Marseille and I am out with fatigue and nerves, I start to cry.
Nobody pays attention to me, fortunately.
At the train station in Truro, I ask the employee who collects the tickets at the exit where there is a telephone. Since I do not see myself spending the night in Truro, I think to call the school director asking him to pick me up.
Hearing me ask that and probably saw my look completely clueless, a couple who had come for their son to the station and passing through Falmouth, I propose to accompany me. However, I spend my call and I come to warn that the director gives these people the address where to drop me off. It is 11 o'clock.
I finally arrive in Falmouth, about 11:30 ET I wake up the lady in charge of hosting students for it lead me to my room.
And here is my odyssey ends. The English are really nice and helpful for most. At least they were back then. And they took pity on this poor little gourd that accumulated French co *** ies.
I have a (small) excuse, I was young. Not very very young (21 years), but enough, especially for me who have matured very late (how that, I am not yet?).
So this year, I had to go to England, a small port in Cornwall, Falmouth, for an exchange student. A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Marseille came to Falmouth in the second quarter of the school year and I went to Falmouth for the third quarter.
Here I am, with my luggage, first by train from Marseille to Calais, then from there to London where I had to take another train from London to Falmouth. It is from the moment I arrived in London it started to m *** er. First I made all around the city by metro, the circular line because I have not taken in the right direction.
Good, I can still at the station. I already know that I did not train for Falmouth until morning. I start looking for a bed and breakfeast "for the night. Once installed in the room, I go to the station to get my ticket, saying that it is always it's less I have to do tomorrow morning.
Here at the station, I understand that, no, actually, there is a train for Falmouth this evening in not very long. I say "damn, it's stupid to pay a hotel night, so I could take the train there."
After my post, I returned post-haste to the hotel, told the gentleman that finally I have a train tonight. He agreed to refund me and I go again with all speed to the station, after collecting my luggage.
I come to the train, settle down beside a gentleman, very English in its appearance. Suddenly: "shit, my ticket!" And as I look in my bag, everywhere, no ticket. Shit, no ticket, I had forgotten at the hotel. But the train is leaving in a short time, even though the hotel is not far, I have no time to recover.
I turn then to the gentleman next door and he somehow explains my problem. He wants to help me and we went in search of the conductor asked him to delay a little the start, while I make a jump to the hotel to get my ticket. When and where we find the gentleman chic tells him what happens, I put hand in my coat pocket and finds ... YES ... you guessed it: my train ticket.
So I leave this one in my pocket and shows the two men looking at me smiling a little nervously. "Ah, women said the gentleman, they are all like that!"
Well, here I am again in my train, which departs at last towards Falmouth. But the story is not finished. During the journey, I realize the conversations taking place around me, not really, this train is not going to Falmouth tonight, I misunderstood. Truro is only up to thirty kilometers. A straw! As it is already nearly 24 hours that I travel from Marseille and I am out with fatigue and nerves, I start to cry.
Nobody pays attention to me, fortunately.
At the train station in Truro, I ask the employee who collects the tickets at the exit where there is a telephone. Since I do not see myself spending the night in Truro, I think to call the school director asking him to pick me up.
Hearing me ask that and probably saw my look completely clueless, a couple who had come for their son to the station and passing through Falmouth, I propose to accompany me. However, I spend my call and I come to warn that the director gives these people the address where to drop me off. It is 11 o'clock.
I finally arrive in Falmouth, about 11:30 ET I wake up the lady in charge of hosting students for it lead me to my room.
And here is my odyssey ends. The English are really nice and helpful for most. At least they were back then. And they took pity on this poor little gourd that accumulated French co *** ies.