On our trip in Oct 99, my DH did not take an extra pair of contacts, no glasses either. So, on our 2nd day there, he dropped one contact, heard it hit the sink and GONE!!!!
So for an hour we all looked for it, every inch of the place. Then decided it must have gone down the drain. Well me and DD left for the park while DH stayed for the maintainance man to show up. Actually, he was there within 15 minutes. Took the entire drain apart. He said he does this all the time, but is usually looking for rings or other jewelry. anyway, NO CONTACT in the drain.
So DH proceeded to search again every inch of the place. After 2 hours (he is a very patient person, I am not, that is why I went to the park), he decided to give up. As he went to get something out of the suitcase, low and behold there it was!!!! Laying on top of the suitcase!!! It had bounced across the room and landed on top.
Well, from now on he always takes his extra pair!!! Lesson learned! :