The 115th Episode : Bag was gone
[March, 1998 Barcelona, Spain]
Next day, Sunday, I was to have a meeting with our president in the afternoon after having lunch together. So sleeping was my plan in the morning. But a phone call woke me up. Who was it, still nine a.m.? ‘Come to my room’ our president said. Ehhh, still early… Buzz buzz…
He said ‘don’t you know where my bag is?’ ‘How come?’ When he returned to his room after dinner the bag had been already gone, he said. It was reported to the police already and he had to take the procedure at the police and the Consulate General of Japan to reissue the passport. So the meeting in the afternoon was cancelled. I could take free time until 5:00 p.m. anyway.
I got back to the hotel around 5:00 p.m. after walking in the city. The bag was found out being opened in the inner court of the hotel. Nothing was lost. Only documents and passport were in the bag originally.
He needed to go to the police again, and asked me to go together!?!? At the police station there were about 10 people were waiting for presenting the report of crime, who were mostly tourists and victims by pickpockets. How bad the security!
