Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Proof that the best souvenir you can bring home from a trip is a hilarious story

- Reader's Digest Readers

This Antacid Is the Wurst

My husband fell ill after eating garlic soup on our trip to Munich, Germany. At a drugstore, I bought a box of medicine with a label showing a fizzy glass of water that looked like Alka-Seltzer. In the parking lot, my husband looked at the box and decided to track down an English-speaking employee to confirm what was inside. He came out doubled over with laughter: The product was denture cleaner.

Smart Car, Silly Mistake

We rented a Smart car on our honeymoon in Cozumel, Mexico. I took a wrong turn and realized I was driving on a sidewalk. It was late, so nobody was around, and I quickly adjusted course. But we had a great laugh about it. I guess when you're driving a tiny car, the sidewalk looks like the freeway.

-FRITZ RENNER Monterey, CA

Cleaning Up a Storm

My wife and I were exploring a large sculpture park in Oslo, Norway, when we came across some pay-as-you-go restrooms. While I waited for my wife, a woman asked if she could use our restroom because her credit card wasn't working on the next one over. I said she could go after me, then slipped by my wife as she exited, to piggyback on her fee. Inside, I suddenly felt something wet: A blue cleaning fluid sprayed through the air, dousing my jeans, socks and shoes. I scampered to the door, totally soaked, as gale-force winds whipped through the tiny room. I'd just experienced my first self-cleaning restroom. I really wished I'd let the other lady go first!

-RANDY MIKKELSON Plymouth, MN

Aloha-ha-ha

Before we went to Oahu, my husband bought some Hawaiian print material to make a one-of-a-kind shirt for our trip. Strangely, we kept seeing people, over and over, in the same exact shirt. Turns out it was the hotel staff’s uniform.

—RITA LONG Boiling Springs, SC

Table for One, Breakfast for Three