Pronounciation woes cost Spanish couple 3,870 euros

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

OSLO (AFP) — A Spanish couple's language difficulties cost them several thousand euros after they mispronounced their destination giving instructions to a Norwegian taxi driver.

The couple, who were touring Norway's fjords, wanted to travel to Olden on the country's west coast.

Instead their taxi took them to Halden, hundreds of kilometres (miles) away, a trip that cost them 3,870 euros (5,773 dollars).

The pair in their 50s were on a cruise of the fjords when they had to be briefly hospitalised while on a stopover in Stavanger, tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported on Thursday.

Once out of hospital the two decided to rejoin the ship in Olden. But their taxi driver misunderstood and took them to Halden, 560 kilometres (348 miles) east of Stavanger....