It was a nice gentleman telling me this. I’d realized he had a German accent and remarked upon it, although he assured me he was actually Austrian, and I had just told him that I was a moron.
Even though I am one.
Yes, I’ve had my first major self-inflicted travel disaster today: I left my passport at home and didn’t notice until just after my ICE from Weimar to Leipzig had pull out with me onboard, speeding away from my passport at 150 kilometers per hour.
It took a few phone calls and a tiny bit of math before I figured out that it would be impossible for me to make it back home, get my passport, and then make it to the airport in time to catch my flight.
Instead the math worked out to a princely sum of €uros to rebook my ticket for tomorrow.
It was nice of the Wolf to tell me that I’m not a moron and reassure me that he too had made the same mistake once upon a time; and I have to say that overall I was happy with the assistance that the Air France call center based in London gave me.
On the upside, this travel disaster means that I get to attend a celebratory occasion for a colleague who won a major prize here in Germany before getting up early tomorrow and heading to the airport.
Again.
Oops!
DOH!
i bet you won’t forget it again though…it’s just one of those things that will stick. 🙂
And now I remember why I am so paranoid about checking my papers!
Like a bolt out of the blue fate steps in and sees you through…maybe tragedy was avoided by taking a later flight. Bon Voyage!
I’ve never done that. I once left my wallet at home, but never my passport. Luckily, I just happened to have my debit card in my pocket and didn’t have to go back for the wallet.
j- you were lucky. There are some places that I go that a debit card might not work so well. I actually have trouble with my EC Card in The Netherlands when trying to use it as a debit card and not in an ATM.