New York to Paris

[shaggy]

Here is the way to get to Paris from New York. Look at step 23 and laugh hysterically like I did.

Sorry, you have to type New York, New York to Paris, France and then laugh.

[celest]

You've got to be kidding me.

Well the peeps at google certainly have a good sense of humor.

What I find interesting is the long distance they have you swim. They actually have you drive south and then swim NEE. Why just swim from New York or drive north a bit so you don't have to swim so far. Like drive up to Canada and then swim to G.B. and from there you can take a train or a hovercraft across to France.

I'm gonna go see what MapQuest.


Ok yeah Mapquest sucks. They won't give you directions to or from Paris outside Europe.

[Atreides Conscript]

Funny, but took FOR-FRACKIN'-EVER on my dial-up at home. Next time, I'm using the comps at work or B.G.!!!!

[thehuntingbeast]

You know I don't think they're kidding. I think somehow the site thinks you are Benoit Lecomte* and is trying to be helpful!

















* Obscure reference: Benoit Lecomte is the guy who swam across the Atlantic in 1998.

[celest]

Maybe that is the actual route that he took.

Edit: Ok, yeah I cheaked and it isn't the route Benoit Lecomte took. He swam from Hyannis, Massachusetts to Quiberon, Brittany, France. I've tried it a few times and Google always seems to use Boston, Massachusetts to Le Havre, France.

Baka Points to anyone who can tell me why.

[celest]

Im not really trying to revive this thread, I just thought you guys should know that I tried to look up those directions again for a laugh and it says that they can't calculate the driving directions.

Yeah it sucks and makes me sad.

[Lylie]

I just tried to look up the directions also and yep they are gone.