Funniest Thing for February

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is BOB PHILLIPS of Tillamook, OR:

While visiting Chuncheon in the mountains east of Seoul, I took a bus south from town and spent a couple of hours walking around a forested area that included a few rice paddies in the tiny valleys.

Going back north, I got out of the bus at the edge of town to walk the mile or two back to the hotel.

It was a sweaty July afternoon, so I went into a busy restaurant to get a cool drink. The service was really poor, but I finally got the attention of the waiter, who brought me a cool soda.

Soon a young Korean man came over and in perfect English said, “You know, this is a wedding reception.”