Quotient TravelPlanner's Blog » Carpi http://travelquotientblog.com Spreading the joy of travel, one traveller at a time Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:45:10 +0000 en hourly 1 Capri or Carpi http://travelquotientblog.com/2009/07/capri-or-carpi/ http://travelquotientblog.com/2009/07/capri-or-carpi/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:54:09 +0000 blogadmin http://travelquotientblog.com/?p=341 A matter of one letter was all it took for a Swedish couple holidaying in Italy to veer some 650 km off course from their intended destination of Capri to the northern industrial town of Carpi. The middle-aged couple had apparently mis-spelt Capri when programming their GPS.

 

They did not realise their error until they asked a staff in the local office how to drive to the island’s famous “Blue Grotto”.

 

“It’s hard to understand how they managed it. I mean, Capri is an island,” said Giovanni Medici, a spokesman for Carpi regional government.

 

According to him, this was the first ever instance of such a blunder occurring.

 

See the original article here: Tourists miss isle after GPS blunder

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