Today, my husband and I went on vacation. We got lost and had to ask the locals for directions to our hotel. Neither of us could understand their accents, and we ended up wandering around blindly for hours until we made it back on our own. FML
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Today, I got lost in a foreign city while on vacation and couldn't communicate with anyone, because I didn't speak the language and no one seemed to be able, or even wanted, to speak to me in mine. FML
Today, I was walking back to my hotel from the town square, and got lost. I turned back and walked around town for an hour, freaking out and panicking. When I finally found the hotel, I realized it was practically a stone's throw from where I was when I turned around. FML
Today, I got lost on my way to a wedding and yelled at my phone's GPS for giving bad directions. After 20 minutes of rerouting, I realized I’d accidentally set it to “walking mode.” I arrived 45 minutes late and sweaty in a full suit. FML
Today, I agreed to go on a last-minute road trip with my friends. Everything was going great until we realized we had no GPS signal in the middle of nowhere. We ended up following a "shortcut" suggested by a farmer and got stuck in a muddy field for hours, with livestock giving us judgmental looks. FML
Today, I returned to Germany for a break from my studies abroad. I got lost while out for groceries, so I tried asking a guy for directions. I went totally blank and strained to think of the right words, prompting him to mutter about rude foreigners not bothering to learn the local language. FML
Today, I tried to take a shortcut home. I got lost and had to ask a stranger for directions. They pointed to the street sign above me that literally had my street's name on it. FML
Today, out of desperation, I had to fight my social anxiety in order ask a stranger for directions in a new city. She gave me a detailed answer, and I thanked her, then walked the wrong way for 15 minutes because I was too embarrassed to admit I’d understood none of it past the first sentence. FML
Today, I went for a hike with the local search and rescue volunteer group that I recently joined. I got lost and spent 5 hours wandering aimlessly. FML
Today, my friend and I were getting picked up by his dad after a carnival. As I put my stuff in the back of the car and shut the door to walk around to get in the other side, his dad drove off, thinking I was in the car, leaving me to walk up their hill. It was midnight and I ended up lost. FML
Today, I went on a hiking date with my significant other. Trying to be adventurous and assertive, I suggested we take a shortcut through the woods. We got hopelessly lost and ended up spending the night in a deserted ranger station. Turns out, my idea of adventure is not quite as romantic as it sounds. FML
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rolls_royce 0
My goodness what happened to peoples sense of adventure, now it's all a constant hurry one place to another. The whole point of traveling is to explore haha
Honor916 1
sounds like you could have made the most of it and has some fun not everything you do on vacation has to be planned
ak_6694 16
you're american tourists aren't you? just remember, travelling blind is a great excuse to have an adventure
jojimugo 20
And that's how memories are made
pdp_fml 21
When I go traveling to a place where the language will be a problem, I try to get a brochure or a business card that gives the name and phone number of the hotel that I am staying at, that way you can call the hotel or get a taxi cab and just show it to the driver or ask the locals to point the way to the hotel. I am sorry that you had that much trouble finding the way back to your hotel.
yousirareamong 5
How the hell can't you understand a kiwi accent, it's barely even an accent
Neopopulas 9
You should just be glad they speak English at all.. you could learn another language instead of bitching
madlaprade 8
This one isn't even funny. It's stupid, y'all add idiots. Go buy a frickin map and ask someone else. It doesn't take a smart person to figure that one out
courtneyann211 10
Somebody has a bad attitude this morning!
blink978 1
How is that bad. Enjoy a stroll with your loved one. Wow
Yaen 18
I've seen about a thousand comments about buying a map or using GPS on a phone, and about a thousand comments on how they should have learned the language. Obviously if OP is taking a stroll around they won't be carrying a street map, they'd probably only have a road map. GPS on a phone? Not everybody is a rich, spoiled brat. It sounds nice, but you can hardly point fingers at somebody who doesn't own it. OP very clearly specified that it was the accent they could not understand, so the locals were speaking English. Enough ranting about learning the local language.