[jcumming]

<p><a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100707/utravel/oops_wrong_sydney" target="_blank">http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100707/utravel/oops_wrong_sydney</a><span style="display:none;"> </span></p><p> </p><h1>Italian travellers end up on wrong continent</h1><p></p><div id="user_ynmain"><div id="user_storybody"><div class="storyhdr"><div class="mod-top-msg" id="user_mod-top-msg-id" style="display:none;"><div class="mod-content"><div class="hd"> </div><div class="bd" id="user_mod-top-msg-bd-id"><p>Module body</p></div><div class="ft"><div class="ft-content"> </div></div></div></div><p> </p></div><div class="lrec"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ad_slug_table"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>SYDNEY, N.S. - It's happened again: travellers from another continent arriving in Sydney, N.S., when they're supposed to be in Sydney, Australia.</p><p> </p><p>Valerio Torresi, 26, and Serena Tavoloni, 25, of Italy landed in the Cape Breton city Tuesday night when they thought they had booked tickets for Down Under.</p><p> </p><p>"I think it was a joke, then fear," Torresi said Wednesday night when asked about his reaction to learning they were in Canada, not Australia.</p><p> </p><p>The couple's travel agency in Italy made the error and the couple spent the day trying to correct it, and to see the sights with the help of an Italian-speaking resident to translate.</p><p> </p><p>A local restaurant gave the couple their first-ever lobster dinner and they were given a free room at a Day's Inn.</p><p> </p><p>Torresi said they have been overwhelmed by the hospitality and warmth of the people.<span style="display:none;"> </span></p></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em><span style="font-size:16px;">I have been to both Sydneys... no kangaroos in either one. </span></em></strong></p>

 

[Grizzly]

<p>It happens on the other side of the continent as well with Sidney BC.  Bizarre.  The airport code for "the" Sydney is SYD.  Sydney NS is YC something or other... </p>

 

[Sputnik]

<p>Bizarre, indeed. </p>
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<p>I used to work for a company with a couple of plants in Costa Rica.  We were required to use an internal travel coordinator for bookings.  A coworker thought she was getting a better deal on a flight & took it upon herself to book on her own.  She never got on the plane, but did find herself waiting at the gate for a flight departing to San Jose, California (SJC) and not San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO).</p>
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<p>Luckily for her, the only consequences were that she made a fool of herself & became the eternal example of why we were required to use the internal travel coordinator.</p>

 

[clare]

<p>Well, Sydney (Nova Scotia) is where I live.  So if you do end up here, I'll take you in and show you around.  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wave.gif" style="width:25px;height:15px;" title=""></p>

 

[oache]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>clare</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1920738"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Well, Sydney (Nova Scotia) is where I live.  So if you do end up here, I'll take you in the shower.  When will you be around.  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wave.gif" style="width:25px;height:15px;" title=""></p>
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see, Clare is such a giver. <br>
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[mmoonptdeux]

<p>I suppose their next stops are Paris (TX) and Athens (GA)?</p>

 

[clare]

<p>Giv'er nuts, as they say!</p>

 

[GaReb770]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>mmoonptdeux</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1920778"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I suppose their next stops are Paris (TX) and Athens (GA)?</p>
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<p>I've been to Athens, Greece but never Athens, GA since living in Atlanta from the 70's.  But I will be visiting Athens, GA in October for a half marathon.  It's supposedly a very nice city for its size.<br><br>
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[Timr1]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>GaReb770</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1920784"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p>I've been to Athens, Greece but never Athens, GA since living in Atlanta from the 70's.  But I will be visiting Athens, GA in October for a half marathon.  It's supposedly a very nice city for its size.<br><br>
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<p><br>
After you go there for the HM you might want to check out:  Athens, AL; Athens, TN; and Athens, OH.  Why not enjoy all the Athens?<br>
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[mmoonptdeux]

<p><span>Quote:</span></p>
<div class="quote-container">
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>GaReb770</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1920784"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I've been to Athens, Greece but never Athens, GA since living in Atlanta from the 70's.  But I will be visiting Athens, GA in October for a half marathon.  It's supposedly a very nice city for its size.</p>
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<p><br>
When I was a college deejay in the 80s, Athens was one of those places I wouldn't have minded seeing, with their music scene being so prominent back then (R.E.M., B-52s, Pylon, etc.)  Even though I'm not so musically focused these days, still wouldn't mind going thru there to visit if I was in the area</p>
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<p>Don't know much about Paris, Texas, except there was a movie made of the same name (which I haven't seen)<br>
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[bap]

<p>A free room at Day's Inn!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Haven't they been through enough?</p>

 

[clare]

<p>hee hee!  Bap, I kinda thought the same thing!  It was nice of them to make the offer, though. </p>

 

[ym]

<p>I sure hope they don't fly home to Rome, NY. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/lol.gif" title=""></p>

 

[Sputnik]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>ym</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1920816"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I sure hope they don't fly home to Rome, NY. <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/lol.gif" title=""></p>
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Or, Milan, Illinois.<br>
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[RandMart]

<p>Isn't there a Sydney, OH?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Don't forget Naples, FL or Berlin, NJ [or CT]</p>

 

[jcumming]

<p>Fortunately the flights out of Sydney NS are likely going to lead to Toronto where they can pick up a flight to Sydney, Australia..</p>
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<p>Of course they could possibly end up in Toronto, Ohio or Toronto, Kansas which might be the end of the line.</p>

 

[mmoonptdeux]

<p><span>Quote:</span></p>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>jcumming</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/68763/if-you-are-going-to-sydney-make-sure-it-s-the-right-sydney#post_1921359"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Fortunately the flights out of Sydney NS are likely going to lead to Toronto where they can pick up a flight to Sydney, Australia..</p>
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<p>Of course they could possibly end up in Toronto, Ohio or Toronto, Kansas which might be the end of the line.</p>
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<p><br>
Hmmm...and if they didn't have their documents in order, they could be sent to Florence (Arizona) to the federal detention center there<br>
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[bap]

<p>When I here Walla Walla, I always assume its the one in Australia,</p>

 

[jebba]

<p>Middle Tennessee also has a Smyrna, Antioch and Lebanon.  We say Leb'nin, though.</p>

 

[altoids]

<p>We have a California in PA.</p>