sorry, quite wrong. having ‘entertained’ European company guests/co-workers for over 20 years . . . all of them severely underestimated the distances and times.
which is not to say, Americans holding forth on the quaint German towns of Copenhagen and Vienna isn’t true . . .
Nope. It was 2009. ISTR though, that Niki said her parents weren’t too good with computers. I have no idea what resources they used, but I’m glad they found someone to convince them that their “plan” was not a good one. I think they ended up spending the day at the Santa Monica pier, instead.
Irish 
Well, you know what they say about anecdotes n ‘at.
Thanks for getting there before I could. Kind of funny in light of the conversation taking place re: geography.
Ironic, almost 
I saw a similar sign that added something like “They don’t work for us!” IIRC, it was in Point Loma.
I’m always surprised when people at the beach don’t secure their food from seagulls.
Will a gull fly away with an entire family-sized bag of chips? Every time, if it has a chance. Swoop and snack.
I think that’s how you know who are locals and who are tourists.
I was surprised when a seagull swooped in and snagged a hot dog FROM THE GRILL. The dog was pretty hot, and I thought for sure that the seagull would drop it, but no. It swallowed it whole and kept flying.
They’ve seriously over-estimated “Mowing the lawn”, in my esteemed estimation.
Friends from smaller New England states, or even some of the (larger than NE) but still small-ish Midwestern states like Indiana, have had the same kind of crazy ideas about visiting most of Cali or Texas in just a couple of days. Until you’ve driven the length of those, it’s hard to internalize.
I told a cousin, imagine you start in New Haven for some clam apizza, then drive to Newport, then Boston, then Hanover (NH), then Waterbury/Stowe area (HI BEN & JERRY!), then Bangor, then head North to Van Buren, ME to visit your great aunt Hattie…
A cousin once confidently told me that Silicon Valley was the valley connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles. I was living in Los Angeles at the time, but this was so typically dumb and arrogant that I didn’t bother to correct him.
Years ago, I went to Jones Beach (on Long Island) with a couple of friends. We were sitting near a family who all decided to go into the water at once, without anyone staying behind to guard their valuables. Sure enough, a seagull pecked its way into a large bag of potato chips and ate the whole thing. It was starting on a 2nd one before the family realized what was happening.
Needless to say, the 3 of us laughed through the whole thing.
LoL, hahaha. Cousins!
