Travel Mistakes
Two years ago we traveled to Italy for the holidays. Our daughter was
studying in Parma and we joined her in mid-December for three weeks of
northern Italy travel. Our daughter could speak Italian well enough -- or
so we thought!
We were staying in a hotel outside of Venice. We would take the train into
Venice every day and then return to the hotel at night. We had been on the
road for a week or so and wanted to have our dirty clothes washed (probably
about two or three small washer loads). Our daughter asked the hotel owner
if they offered that service (at least that is what she thought she had
asked) and was told yes.
We left the clothes that morning and when we returned that evening the
clothes were done. Each piece was cleaned and in a plastic bag -- even the
underwear. When we checked out the next day, the bill for the cleaning was
$282 American dollars.
Apparently the laundry had been dry-cleaned!
Mary
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