Don't Forget Your Camera Battery!

So I just got back from a wonderful, short trip to Europe! I went to Amsterdam, Köln (pronounced Cologne ... in Germany), and all around Switzerland. I had quite an exciting time, but my only problem was ... I forgot my camera battery!! I arrived early on the morning of the 13th in Amsterdam and it wasn't time to check into the hotel, so I decided to stroll about the town and visit some well-known museums ...

Van Gogh Museum

(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_Museum_Amsterdam.jpg) 

... I took out my camera to snap a photo of the beautiful canals that line the roads and realized to my surprise it wasn't working! I thought; 'oh no my battery must not be charged, oh well I will have to charge it when I get back to the hotel.' So I put my camera away and continued about my day. When I returned to the hotel I plugged my charger into the wall (with the special European adaptor) and yet the light didn't turn on ... I left the camera battery on my desk in my room!!

It was a horrible feeling knowing I had come alllllll this way and was now unable to take photos. I searched in a few electronic shops for batteries, but no luck. With the exchange rate being so bad I couldn't afford to buy a new camera, so I finally came to the conclusion that I would just have to take a lot of mental images =(

So the lesson is learned now, DON'T FORGET YOUR CAMERA BATTERIES WHEN TRAVELING ABROAD!!!

Where I went:

(Amsterdam)

(I AMsterdam)

(Köln, Germany)

(Basel, Switzerland) 

(Bern, Switzerland)

(Balsthal, Switzerland) 

(Luzern, Switzerland)

(Zurich, Switzerland) 

[Thanks to GOOGLE for the images]