It has happened once again - travelers heading for Sydney, Australia have taken a major wrong turn and ended up in Sydney, Canada.
Italian couple, Valerio Torresi and Serena Tavoloni, in their mid-20's, realized the mistake when they went to board the connecting flight on Tuesday night – to no avail.
It was then realized, the couple's travel agency in Italy had made an error.
"The ticket said only Sydney," said Torresi. "The agency doesn't know Sydney, N.S. The travel agency is wrong... a great wrong."
The travelers, who had not previously ventured outside Europe, made the most of their unexpected detour – receiving free accommodation from a local hotel and a lobster meal by a reporter interested in their story.
A local guide also took them to see the sights with the help of an Italian-speaking resident.
"The people are very kind and very friendly," said Torresi. "I think it's a beautiful place and I see Canadian life, and it's great."
"We were lucky," added Tavoloni.
The couple hopes to fly out Thursday for Australia, where they plan to tour the country for 48 days.
This is not the first time such a mistake has been made. Last year a man and his grandson from the Netherlands spent time in Canada by accident, a woman from Argentina in 2008 and a British couple in 2002.
The moral of the tale? Don't book through an Italian travel agent -- surely the ticket price was too good to be true, given the different distances between Italy and Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Sydney, New South Wales. So secondly, always double-check the destination if the price looks like an outrageously good deal.
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