Unfortunately she was less than impressed and told me in no uncertain terms that my ticket was not valid. Why, only became clear several weeks later when a letter arrived from Swiss railways euphemistically named "revenue protection service".
This may help explain why, according to the New York Times, Chancellor Merkel told US President Barack Obama that Mr Putin had seemed like he was "in another world".
- What happened in the hotel ?
- I told you all about it .
- But normally people don' disappear like that.
- We might have misunderstood each other somehow.
- Otelde ne oldu?
- Sana herşeyi anlatmıştım.
- Ama normalde insanlar öylece kaybolmazlar.
- Bir şekilde birbirimizi yanlış anlamış olabiliriz.