Do people ever consider looking at an atlas or a map before they post? Or even more revolutionary trying google. Maybe it%26#39;s late maybe I%26#39;m getting old but it seems to me some people post before they try. Discuss.......
Sorry number 1 daughter about to take major exams must have got me thinking
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The best one I saw today was from a family that was docking at Cannes for 11 hours. They wanted to take a train or bus to see the Normandy beaches.
The worst are the ones that one to know where to go and what to do, without giving any indication of interests. I can%26#39;t imagine even thinking about a trip before deciding where I wanted to go and why. I do think a good many people don%26#39;t want to be bothered doing their own research.
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Good question, JBart...
Sadly my fellow-Americans (and it is almost always Americans) reveal their ignorance of geography on a daily basis. Today has been a doozy from that point of view. I could name at least three or four posts besides the one Underhill mentions just from today that were equally astonishing, but I will spare the posters any further embarrassment.
Do you wonder that 64% of Americans aged 18-24, presented with a map of the Middle East with the country boundaries shown, could not identify Iraq?
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Underhill - Irish - ooh that gets us going on a dodgy subject most of us love to go on about.
I agree with you both, but will keep my mouth shut beyond that as I tend to get myself into trouble when I express my opinions ........
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I am astonished at how patient so many of you are when faced with the same questions not only on a daily basis, but on a several times a day basis. Clearly, many people simply don%26#39;t read any postings at all, and they seem remarkably anxious to display their ignorance, as if the rest of us would find that charming.
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There are several threads that should be made permanent as they contain a great deal of basic information (I believe this is in the works). MorganB’s steps to purchase rail tickets and travelnutty’s research tips are two which come quickly to mind, there are others. These should be mandatory reading before anyone posts for the first time as well as a warning to avoid the following nondescript terms; “not too expensive”, “cheap”, or “a good deal”. Readily available information about airport/hotel transportation would probably eliminate 50% of all boringly repetitive posts and I do not know where KDKsail finds the patience to answer these things.
On the other hand, I find rather perverse entertainment in a post by someone who seriously confuses the Mediterranean with the English Channel. Or some innocent soul who posts the most inane question but somehow one feels the serious desperation and complete confusion in his written words and gladly offers consoling tidbits of travel wisdom.
Overall, I think those of you who recurrently respond to hundreds of posts by the traveling perplexed do a very fine job, and display an enormous amount of patience in so doing.
IrishRovr – good to see your continued posts.
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Patience good friends,
For the most part , the people writing questions and asking for suggestions, are merely expressing their excitement that they are going to be travelling to places that they%26#39;ve never been to, and need feedback from other travellers who have been there. These forums create a sort of bond with these new adventurers, and even if they don%26#39;t do enough homework of exploration, we who have had some experience to make suggestions to them add to their trips pleasures, and to our own , as re relive our own memorable times.
So let%26#39;s just keep trying to assist them all, and make their adventures as thought filled as ours. Have a great life,everyone!
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Hey folk --
I have begun telling people to get and read a good guide book - which is, I think, some of the best advice we can give. I%26#39;m sorry that so many people feel that research is too boring or beneath them, because it%26#39;s the only way for most people to find out about the various gardens and the odd-ball and fascinating museums that are spread around Paris - If they don%26#39;t know that there are probably dozens of things that would interest them, they can%26#39;t post a question about them, and the opportunity to tailor-make a vacation exactly to their taste is lost.
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All of your thoughtful comments are right on. I have to remind myself that many people do want to %26quot;see%26quot; Europe, and perhaps after the first experience, will want to learn even more of its geography and history. I%26#39;m afraid the current da Vinci code craze is going to bring more of the superficial and misinformed. Not only in France, but everywhere, there is a great story to be told, from Mont St. Michel to the Pompidou Museum, and on and on in all other countries... The many layers of history and art can%26#39;t be viewed as a single entity. Not to mention the current vibrant scene, which I mainly hear about from my kids, as I%26#39;ve been traveling to Europe for longer than I want to admit, starting with %26quot;autostop%26quot; in the 60%26#39;s. There will never be a %26quot;right%26quot; way to travel in Europe. It is a kaleidoscope of sensations. Those who try to cross a great distance (I overheard someone last year bragging about how he drove Vienna-Paris in such and such time) without understanding what is beneath their feet probably have a nice vacation but I can%26#39;t share it with them.
I continue to learn so much from all the trip advisors--salut!
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