ABOVE: Carpi, Italy
BELOW: Capri, Italy
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Price of a Typo
I saw this news blurb today and thought it was funny. I found the story on Reuters of a haplass Swedish couple driving in Italy who wanted to get to the resort island of Capri. Unfortunately for them they typed in "Carpi" instead of "Capri" into their GPS system in their car. This small typo took them 400 miles off course and to the opposite end of Italy. Upon arriving in the industrial city of Carpi, they stopped at the tourist office and asked for directions to the famous Blue Grotto in Capri. Once they were informed that they were at the wrong end of Italy, they calmly left and drove South.
ABOVE: Carpi, Italy
BELOW: Capri, Italy
ABOVE: Carpi, Italy
BELOW: Capri, Italy
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4 comments:
Carpi doesn't look so bad.
Yeah, but I'd rather be in Capri.
Did a big bronze plaque once where I spelled the mayor's name wrong. That was fun...
By the way, can I start a campaign to get you to switch the blog to black text on white background? It's kind of excruciating to read more than a couple of sentences this way...
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