A Special Kind of Stupid

Ok, you can call me heartless, but this was my first (and ultimately only) thought when I read this today:

A Swedish couple seeking the golden beaches of the Italian island of Capri were disappointed when their GPS navigation system led them 400 miles off course, landing them instead in the industrial northern town of Carpi.

"Capri is an island. They did not even wonder why they didn't cross any bridge or take any boat," said a bemused tourism official in Carpi.

Ummmm. They wanted to DRIVE from Venice to the Isle of Capri.

Now, maybe I just find this INcredible because of my recent trip to Italy, but wouldn't you at least think that maybe you would have a slight clue as to whether you COULD actually DRIVE to your destination?

OK, find Venice on the northern Adriatic sea side. See that small dot off of Naples? Just south of that is the Isle of Capri.

Carpi? Find Bologna (just south west of Venice) and then go north west.

Now granted, they were at least at some point heading in the direction of Capri and I'll concede that driving through Italy can be crazy.

BUT, 2 hours to get to Carpi and 7 hours to get to Naples?

OK, I either have to assume they are really really directionally challenged, or they are just free spirits who got in a car with a GPS and said, "HEY, let's just take a road trip, how about Capri?" Completely unplanned, never researched, never looking at a map of Italy.

Sounds really liberating being such free spirits. Either that or they are just plain stupid.

Ummm, sister-of-mine. Maybe you shouldn't read this post since you just followed me and Beej around wherever we led you. Even when we got turned around walking in Rome and you knew we were going in the wrong direction, but you just figured we knew where we were going.