KUMIKO TSUCHIDA is a Japanese professor and she works in Turkey at Istanbul University. Last week she took a short holiday in London. She had a good time, and after a few days she packed her suitcase, checked out of the hotel, and set off to catch her flight back to Istanbul. At Paddington station she couldn't find the train to the airport, so she asked a railway guard. Mrs Tsuchida doesn't speak very much English, and when she said 'Turkey', the guard throught that she said 'Torquay', a seaside town in south-west England. So he directed her to the flatform for the 8.15 train to Torquay. Mrs Tsuchida got on the train and found a seat. The journey seemed very long, but when she asked the other passengers 'Turkey?' they all said that yes, she was on the right train for Torquay. She arrived the seaside town just after midnight, but when she got off the train, of course, she didn't recognize anything. She didn't know where she was. She didn't have any English money and she was very frightened. Two hours later, the police found her. They provided a bed for her for the night and the next morning they phoned the Japanese embassy. The embassy sorted out the problem. Then Mrs Tsuchida got the train back to London, took a taxi to Heathrow airport, and caught another flight to Istanbul. Before she left, She spoke to our reporter through an interpreter. 'I said "Turkey, Turkey", but people didn't understand my pronunciation and they thought I said "Torquay". But I enjoyed my visit and English people are very helpful and kind.'
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