Showing posts with label Down Under. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Down Under. Show all posts

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Lille Error, Wrong Border

Are You Sure We're In France?


Fifty British shoppers taking a coach trip to Lille in France ended up 100 miles away in Belgium in a tiny village of the same name, thanks to a blunder on the driver's satellite-navigation device. Furious trippers spent an extra four hours on the bus as the red-faced driver drove from the middle of Belgium to the French spot first intended. The day trippers paid nearly $400 each for the Christmas trip, but got fewer than two hours' shopping time.


FOOTNOTE: Big blunder, but at least they're not Down Under.