Hitchhiker till Ulm:

When my hubby was trying to keep our bag in the overhead luggage rack, I was suggesting him to keep it in the opposite seat. I also told him “who is going to come and sit in here when 95% of the seats are free”. Before I could finish the statement he was with us. Strange ?!?

He came and sat in the opposite seat to us, ignoring all the free seats in the compartment. We were inside the German, Bahn train (two weeks ago), which was heading to Ulm from Stuttgart. His attire resembled the ticker checker, though the cap was missing.


He asked us something in German about the ticket. We just stared at him as we don’t speak German. Then he uttered some English words with which we could coin that “his friend, who was to travel with him with the ticket, did not turn up, so he wanted to join us on our ticket”. With a single weekend ticket (in Germany) maximum five persons can travel together, anyway as we were only two we agreed.

As it was too hot, he removed his coat and also his TIE. After sometime, again to astonish us, he asked my hubby to help him make a tie knot. My hubby made it for him and gave him. He put the tie around his neck, and then after seeking permission from us, he then removed the tie. As he expressed his willingness to learn the thing, there was this 20minitues tie-knot demo session and at the end of it, he could make a Knot by himself. He weaved good bye happily at Ulm. And the ticket Checker didn’t come all through our journey till Ulm ;-)