A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco

Post by dtparr » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

marcandre wrote: post #96

RegnisGnaw wrote: post #4

I lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (eh?) for 23 years and we have similar stories. There is an island that is part of Nova Scotia called Cape Breton with a city named Sydney (so Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada) with population of ~30K. Every few years we get a tourist that confuses that with Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They generally realize something is wrong when they switch planes in Halifax from a Jet (B…

I was flying to Costa Rica from Montreal. Airline wanted money for checked luggage, but typically for long distance flights like this it's free. After enquiring, turns out I had bought the wrong flight to San Jose, California, instead of San Jose, Costa Rica. It's SJC vs SJO too, easy to confuse... Glad I figured that out before getting there!

Post by yumraj » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:19 AM UTC

klipt wrote: post #133

marcandre wrote: post #96

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I was flying to Costa Rica from Montreal. Airline wanted money for checked luggage, but typically for long distance flights like this it's free. After enquiring, turns out I had bought the wrong flight to San Jose, California, instead of San Jose, Costa Rica. It's SJC vs SJO too, easy to confuse... Glad I figured that out before getting there!

San Jose, California has a nice technology museum, and a short commute to many silicon valley companies, but not much else going for it!

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:22 AM UTC

s0rce wrote: post #83

khazhoux wrote: post #53

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Clearly, a thing can't be both to your left and right side simultaneously -- that's a physical impossibility. In fact, to underscore this point, the Tony Bennet song "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" was written to remind people that water in SF is to their left.

its kinda on both if your standing on a peninsula. Although when you land at the airport you mostly see the bay and not the ocean at the same time

Post by smabie » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:27 AM UTC

geocrasher wrote: post #67

My first job was at a Staples office supply store in a town known for its tourism and glitz and glamour. Several times in my 15 months at that store, a German tourist would be seen wandering around the store, clearly lost. More than once they asked, in broken English, "where is the Milk?" staple /ˈstāpəl/ plural noun: staples 1. a main or important element of something, especially of a diet. "bread, milk, and other s…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 4:35 AM UTC

w0mbat wrote: post #95

In the 1970s the British Museum in London borrowed King Tutankhamen's treasures, which had never before been seen outside Egypt. People flocked to see the exhibition from all over the world. Quite often tourists would get into a London taxi and say "Take me to Tutankhamen", and then find themselves in South London, at Tooting Common.