Overheard While Traveling

In Portland, Oregon from a college aged tour guide to a group of Japanese vacationers.

- I only buy my dairy from Whole Foods ‘cuz it’s the best.  You have dairy in China right? Ya know dairy? Eggs, milk, chicken and fish?  Dairy?

Overheard by Peter

Man with thick American accent, rushes in the the hotel lobby, where we were about to check out.

American: I need a map. Quick. We have been lost for 2 hours. We cannot find Vienna.

Clerk: You are in Vienna. It is called Wien.

American: Why the hell don’t they just call it Vienna like everybody else ?

Overheard by Jen

At Heathrow airport, a guy was complaining at the help desk because his plane was late.
Man: But I have a First Class Ticket !
Employee: First Class or Economy, the plane leaves at the same time!

Overheard by David

A young girl to her parents at a look out at the Grand Canyon:

- When can we stop looking at this big hole in the ground ?

Overheard by Lynn

On an elevator on a cruise ship.

Wife : “Oh, it’s just time for the free afternoon ice cream bar to open, let’s go there“.
Husband: “Are you serious? I don’t have time to stand in line, I have to get to the pool“.

Overheard by Phyliss

Prague Castle precinct, above Malá Strana, overlooking the Vltava River. A young woman, perhaps college-age, with a Midwestern US accent:

- So, um…what city are we in now ?

Overheard by John

Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Two men, both double amputees (each with two prosthetic legs), had just gotten off a plane from China.

Man 1: Man, I’m glad nothing happened while we were there ! I kept freaking out that I was going to get Foot And Mouth disease !

Man 2: FOOT And Mouth ? We’ve only got half the qualifications ! We’ve got nothing to worry about !

Overheard by Margaret

Americans in a Bookshop in Budapest:

Girl 1: Oh look at this book about Central America.

Girl 2: What’s Central America ?

Girl 1: Oh, it’s like Argentina and Brazil.

Overheard by Robert

In Prague, near Charles V bridge, an English guy on his mobile:

- Yeah, I was arrested on the plane on the way over!

Overheard by Ian

In a Parisian hotel:

Client: Can you give me the address the Austrian embassy ?

Guy at the desk: I don’t find it, but I have the German embassy, isn’t it the same ?

Overheard by David