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This month?s winner of a Lonely Planet guide book of her choice is Christine Wenk-Harrison, who lives in Bosnia and writes, "I am still reading The Budapest Sun on-line from Bosnia. I really am glad to have a way to keep up with what is going on in Hungary and always enjoy your travel, restaurant and book review columns."
This month?s winner of a Lonely Planet guide book of her choice is Christine Wenk-Harrison, who lives in Bosnia and writes, "I am still reading The Budapest Sun on-line from Bosnia. I really am glad to have a way to keep up with what is going on in Hungary and always enjoy your travel, restaurant and book review columns."
For her story of language problems while on holiday in Morocco, Christine chose the Lonely Planet guide to the USA as her prize.
By Christine Wenk-Harrison
For The Sun
A few years ago, my parents and I flew to Morocco where we rented a car and drove around the fascinating countryside. After a few days, we all noticed we were quite tired and eventually determined that we probably needed to drink more water. We thought we had made some major strides when we managed to ask for a bottle of water in French, both with and without "gas".
At one sidewalk café, we obtained our bottle of water but no glasses. I knew I had once known the word for "glass" from college French, but my mind was blank. I tried Spanish, but that didn?t work; so I resorted to English and thought I had succeeded when the waiter nodded and left.
When he returned, he had three ice creams. Apparently, he had interpreted my glass request as the French "glace". We laughed and ate our ice creams; and sometime later, I remembered the correct word - "verre".
l Travelers, anecdote-writers and readers of The Budapest Sun, don?t forget to send in your stories (150 words max) to Lucy Mallows, Style Editor, The Budapest Sun, 1122 Budapest, Maros utca 12 or email to lucy@bpsun.hu and you could win a Lonely Planet guide book of your choice in March?s selection of humorous and enlightening travel anecdotes.
13.02.2003
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