An interesting incident

This happened in Florence, Italy when 3 exchange students in Munich made their way to the city's most famous Museum - The Galleria degli Uffizi. First they reached there on Labour Day at 7.30am, thinking they beat the crowd (it was rumoured that you need to queue for at least 3hrs to get in), they happily sat down in front of the door. But how could a musuem that famous be empty 1 hr before opening (opening at 8.15am)? Then they realised that the museum was closed on Labour Day. Tough luck!

The next day, the same 3 students reached the Galleria degli Uffizi at 7.45am, only to end up queuing 3hrs to get into the museum and it was a little boring btw. But an interesting incident happened while the 3 waited for their turn to enter the museum. A japanese lady came up to them and asked them a question.

Japanese: Nihon-ji des ka? (are you japanese?)

Exchange students from Munich: instinctively shook their heads and said, 'Nein' (in german)


What is interesting is that they were all in Italy, the japanese asked a question in Japanese while the students were earlier conversing in Mandarin. The exchange students then looked at each other and wondered why in the hell they answered in german so instinctively.