Hello everyone! Welcome to another edition of Rochelle’s party of Friday Fictioneers. Sorry to have missed last week’s challenge as I was traveling. The travel bug seems to have really caught me – i can’t even think of stories that aren’t travel bound 😀
This week’s story is a true incident revived by the photo kindly provided by David Stewart. Thank you Rochelle, thank you David. If you want to join the fun click here
Travel Tales
Words 100
Yes!
Triumphant, I sank into my seat, easy-peasy. My first solo train travel from Delhi to Mumbai.
As our train chugged out, I broke into a sweat.
What if I had boarded the train going to Kolkata instead of Mumbai?
I couldn’t very well stick out my head to check the train number.
Should I ask my fellow passenger?
How embarrassing!
The pantry guy arrived to ask my dinner preference. With studied nonchalance I asked, “What is the next station?”
“Kota.”
Was that on the Mumbai or Kolkata side?
“Ratlam.”
If only I had studied geography.
“Vadodra, Surat, Mumbai Central.”
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