Easy choice

This item appears on page 55 of the June 2013 issue.

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) There are no restrictions on length. The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged. This month’s winner is MARTHA WILEY of Landstuhl, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany:

At an Indian restaurant in Pisa, Italy, in 2010, my husband, Karl, and I decided on our food. He then asked me, “Which wine do you think would go best with the curry?”

The waiter interrupted with, “There is no which. You will have the Sangiovese.” 

And very good it was, too.