Making a journey on a National Express coach, paid a little extra to book a window seat in the hope of having a bit of space around me for what will be a good 7+ hours.
Had another look at the seating map and now found somebody has booked the aisle seat next to me yet the row behind both our seats are available still along with the odd other seat dotted about in the first 5 rows which are the only ones you can book.
My conclusion is that this person must be travelling in a group of at least 3 people who have also booked the other two seats in my row just so they can all sit together. Like really? do you need to sit directly next to each other across aisle seats for 7+ hours which will make the journey far more uncomfortable next to someone when they could have a two seater behind me to themself or likewise in the row directly behind the other two people they are likely travelling with. All just to sit in aisle seats next to each other.
And if it's a lone traveller who likes to be social they'll be disappointed when my headphones are on asap.
Italians. Italy is such a beautiful country with amazing food and natural beauty, yet it's all undermined by the older generations who simply cannot resist being dishonest.
Over the last fortnight my fiancée and I have driven from Leeds to Debrechen (Hungary) and back without any issues except in Italy where:
1) a hotel owner told us he hadn't received our booking.com payment and needed us to pay again quickly as he had another potential reservation he would accept if we didn't pay up (we were tired and did pay, however booking.com later confirmed that he had received payment).
2) we picked up a motorway toll both ticket in Milan and drove to Aosta where we were told that we had entered the wrong booth and would have to pay €90, however upon finding out that we had no cash, suddenly the fee was €25??!.
Glad to be in France where people are grumpy but are fundamentally honest.
Italians. Italy is such a beautiful country with amazing food and natural beauty, yet it's all undermined by the older generations who simply cannot resist being dishonest.
Over the last fortnight my fiancée and I have driven from Leeds to Debrechen (Hungary) and back without any issues except in Italy where:
1) a hotel owner told us he hadn't received our booking.com payment and needed us to pay again quickly as he had another potential reservation he would accept if we didn't pay up (we were tired and did pay, however booking.com later confirmed that he had received payment).
2) we picked up a motorway toll both ticket in Milan and drove to Aosta where we were told that we had entered the wrong booth and would have to pay €90, however upon finding out that we had no cash, suddenly the fee was €25??!.
Glad to be in France where people are grumpy but are fundamentally honest.
France is amazing for that, especially when you hit the toll roads in the more rural parts. Me and one of my mates ended up going the wrong way. This was when sat navs were things that got shared and borrowed and the one we borrowed didnt really work abroad! It was also in a time where people rolled their eyes if you paid by card. My maps reading is up there with the best of them so of course we didn't bother with a map either
Handed over a tenner in english money, received change for 100 euros
Luckily we avoided the French police that trip as those fuckers love a cash fine for any number of fabricated offences
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He never did anything he could be proud of when with us.
Had another look at the seating map and now found somebody has booked the aisle seat next to me yet the row behind both our seats are available still along with the odd other seat dotted about in the first 5 rows which are the only ones you can book.
My conclusion is that this person must be travelling in a group of at least 3 people who have also booked the other two seats in my row just so they can all sit together. Like really? do you need to sit directly next to each other across aisle seats for 7+ hours which will make the journey far more uncomfortable next to someone when they could have a two seater behind me to themself or likewise in the row directly behind the other two people they are likely travelling with. All just to sit in aisle seats next to each other.
And if it's a lone traveller who likes to be social they'll be disappointed when my headphones are on asap.
Over the last fortnight my fiancée and I have driven from Leeds to Debrechen (Hungary) and back without any issues except in Italy where:
1) a hotel owner told us he hadn't received our booking.com payment and needed us to pay again quickly as he had another potential reservation he would accept if we didn't pay up (we were tired and did pay, however booking.com later confirmed that he had received payment).
2) we picked up a motorway toll both ticket in Milan and drove to Aosta where we were told that we had entered the wrong booth and would have to pay €90, however upon finding out that we had no cash, suddenly the fee was €25??!.
Glad to be in France where people are grumpy but are fundamentally honest.
Handed over a tenner in english money, received change for 100 euros
Luckily we avoided the French police that trip as those fuckers love a cash fine for any number of fabricated offences