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Girl's guilt over borrowed cash

A Polish girl wracked with guilt over borrowing £13 from a man on holiday in Austria travelled hundreds of miles across Europe to try and return it. Anna Markowicz, 20, from Krakow, borrowed the cash from a Croatian man when she found she was short of her fare for a train taking her back home from the Austrian capital Vienna last year.

She said: “He told me he was from Zagreb and we agreed I would give it back to him in a coffee shop in Krakow the next day. But I turned up late and he was gone - and I did not have his details. I’ve called thousands of phone numbers and written tons of e-mails since then, but I have not been able to find him. I’ve even put ads in newspapers and on the internet.

“I thought the only way to track him down was to go to Zagreb. But that didn’t work either. I just want him to know I keep my promises and will give him the money back. I will not rest easily until then.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .