3rd July 2014

A guide with a strong accent

Had to do some parental taxi service today, with added challenge of a foreign language guide. Sort of. We were off to find a government office in another part of the city. I know; even after thirty years, I don’t know where all the streets go, and so we turned things over to an iPhone. For the record, many of the streets around here are named after famous French people and places, and guessing what the next street might be was often “lost in translation”. The turn in so many metres I can handle, but when there are three lanes in each direction, the street name has to be precise. Not so much with our electronic guide. We did  get there; recomputing helped ease the pain.

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