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Swedish couple miss Italian isle after GPS blunder
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July 28, 2009, Tuesday
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TWO Swedes expecting the golden beaches of the Italian island of Capri got a shock when tourist officials told them they were 650 km off course in the northern town of Carpi, after mistyping the name in their GPS.
"It's hard to understand how they managed it. I mean, Capri is an island," said Giovanni Medici, a spokesman for Carpi regional government, told Reuters on Tuesday. "It's the first time something like this has happened."
The middle-aged couple, who were not identified, only discovered their error when they asked staff in the local tourist office on Saturday how to drive to the island's famous "Blue Grotto".
"They were surprised, but not angry," Medici said. "They got back in the car and started driving south."
The picturesque island of Capri, famed as a romantic holiday destination, lies in the Gulf of Naples in southern Italy and has been a resort since Roman times.
Carpi is a busy industrial town in the province of Emilia Romagna, at the other end of Italy.
"It's hard to understand how they managed it. I mean, Capri is an island," said Giovanni Medici, a spokesman for Carpi regional government, told Reuters on Tuesday. "It's the first time something like this has happened."
The middle-aged couple, who were not identified, only discovered their error when they asked staff in the local tourist office on Saturday how to drive to the island's famous "Blue Grotto".
"They were surprised, but not angry," Medici said. "They got back in the car and started driving south."
The picturesque island of Capri, famed as a romantic holiday destination, lies in the Gulf of Naples in southern Italy and has been a resort since Roman times.
Carpi is a busy industrial town in the province of Emilia Romagna, at the other end of Italy.
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