Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Teenager goes out drinking in Oldham - and wakes up in PARIS


What a Triomphe: Luke at monument
Luke at monument
 
Most of us have done something stupid after a night on the tiles... but not many of us woken up in Paris.
But that’s what happened to Luke Harding after going out in Oldham.
Luke, 19, was going home in a taxi from the Tokyo Project nightclub when he decided to visit the Eiffel Tower.
He had his passport in his pocket because he had been using it as ID to prove he was old enough to drink - and told the cabby to take him to Manchester Airport where he boarded an early morning flight to France.
The next thing he remembered was waking up in a toilet cubicle in Charles De Gaulle Airport, almost 400 miles from his home in Oldham.

He later tweeted a photo of himself stood next to the Eiffel Tower and a second pic with the caption: “Sat outside the Arc De Triumph eating a croissant.”
The sheet metal worker said: “I went to drop my friend off at his house in a taxi but for some reason I randomly decided that I don’t want to go home but stay out instead.
“I found my passport which I’d been using for ID and was looking at this flight app on my phone and it was saying something like ‘cheap flights to Paris’.
“I decided the best thing to do was book a flight to see the Eiffel tower. It was just a spur of the moment thing and seemed like a good idea at the time.
“The taxi driver asked me about where I was going and what I was going to do in Paris but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him I was a drunken idiot who spontaneously booked a trip to Paris, so I sold him some story that I was a junior doctor going to a convention.
“I don’t recall much of the flight because I fell asleep and then the next thing I know I find myself lay next to a toilet in a cubicle in the middle of Charles De Gaulle airport and thinking what the hell have I just done?
“I rang my mum and said ‘don’t panic mum but can you pick me up at Manchester Airport at 8pm?’
"Then I told her what I had done and she went mental at me.
“I had 8 hours to kill so I booked a bus into Paris and had a wander around.
Cavendish Press - Manchester
Where the night began: Tokyo Project nightclub in Oldham
 
"I did get to see the Eiffel Tower but there was a massive queue so I didn’t get to go up it but at least I had my picture taken outside the Arc de Triumph and I went to a cafe for coffee and a croissant and sat outside.”
Since then Luke has become a Twitter sensation as news of his big night out spread.
Luke was inundated with messages from Twitter users amused by his escapade.
Dale Harris said: ‘“Don’t even know Luke Harding but I want to shake his hand.”

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