A traveller passing through the small town of Dannemarie in France was found locked into the town hall on Friday mistakenly thinking that she was about to check into a hotel.

Hotel de Ville in French means “town hall”, and this traveller arrived with the intention of booking a room in the impressive building.

As reported in the travel news today, the traveller entered the Hotel de Ville and nipped to the loo before hoping to check in.  In the meantime a council meeting had just finished and the town hall was locked, trapping the tourist inside.

She was forced to spend the night sleeping on chairs in the building until she placed a note in the window in broken French to plead for help. Luckily the next day, a passing pedestrian saw the note and called for help.

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Tuesday 25 August 2009 10:07 | Published by a.smith | Categoriy: Interesting Stuff,Travel News