I wonder how often that happens

[bellinghman]

Note to self.

Next time when buying tickets from Basel SBB to Freiburg, do not accidentally buy tickets to Fribourg instead. Fribourg is in the wrong country, it's in the wrong direction, and it's twice as far away.

Oh, and it costs twice as much, even allowing for reductions.

It's probably just as well that no ticket inspector spotted we had the wrong tickets, though I'm sure they would have understood.

Comments

[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

Easy mistake. It could happen to anyone. They have the same number of letters, after all.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Especially if you use the older spelling. To quote Wikipedia: Its name is derived from German frei (free) and Burg (fort).