IMO, one of the best parts of traveling internationally is all the stories you get to bring home. Oftentimes, the worst experiences make for the best stories — even a bad time at a hotel.
For example, when I was in Edinburgh a few years ago, I spent one night in a hotel that was being renovated. My room was so deep down in the basement that, when I came back for the night, I couldn't remember all the correct twists and turns — and I got lost in what I can only describe as the dark, dingy "dungeon!"
Then, when I was at a different hotel in Edinburgh last summer, I accidentally became the cause of other people's "worst hotel experience" stories. I was by myself, so the night before, I left my safety alarm doorstop under the door...then promptly forgot about it in the morning, setting off a horrific alarm that I'm sure woke up everyone else on my floor.
