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the OP also gave a clue as to her native country with her sign on name: "very naive <b>irish</b> girl"

Probably lives in Brazil.

suze, there were some really funny threads.

There was the one about tipping the airline pilots.

And the other one about the woman who took her shoes off during flight and, when it came time to disembark, she couldn't find one shoe.

And many more.

Always brings a smile to my face when I recall all that wonderful humor (humour).

don't forget do they have lifejackets in gondolas in venice

BillynBettyJones was another very funny poster.

again difference between Faith (and her cousin and italian lover) and BillnBetty... and Scaredirishgirl... is the first two were very very funny.

oh, and how about 'can i wear leather pants on the airplane?'. i think that was muffy or muffin. another old-time funny one.

Well I hope it IS a troll, because that would be the better of the two possibilities. If this is a real person and their outlook on the world, then THAT is scary stuff.<<<

Yikes, that doesnt say much for anyone that has read the Fodorite Forum

Oh, I missed the "can i wear leather pants on the airplane?" one but do remember muffin and BillynBettyJones.


And Elvira's classics on traveling in Venice.

Guess that's one of the main reasons some of us keep coming back to Fodors - it's the humor, often goofy but never harmful.

Remember banding?

I actually think this could be for real, and I can understand going to a country and being naive. Some years ago my DH and I made our first trip to Prague. We had a great time but I can't say that they were the most friendly kids on the block. The morning of our departure, we arranged for car service to the airport, this burly looking man in a mercedes came to pick us up on the cold and foggy morning in December. He took a different route than I remembered the taxi bringing us to the hotel had taken, the farther we went the more nervous I became, I casually asked the driver if there were more than one airport in Prague, not sure he understood me because I certainly didn't understand him. At that time I found out that we had no phone service....my husband kept telling me just to relax that everything was fine, and of course it was.....there with a relief was the airport, we got out of the car and my DH turned to me and said, yes you thought we were going to be taken out in a field and shot....I think that any traveler in any city in the world can get anxious about something or someone, experience is the best teacher. I can venture to say that VNIG will not forget to validate her ticket on the next adventure. And I am now more trusting of taxi drivers.

I'm positive it's "real".

This is too good not to top it.

Serious question, now.
Whwere does the Oridginal Poster come from.

Ireland?
USA?
Canada?
Iceland?

Original Poster, Naive Irish Girl, please advise.

I just always assumed from the screen name she lived in Ireland. Anyone else wouldn't really be "Irish", IMO, they'd be whatever nationality they were born as.

By the way, it was BillynBetty and their insightful questions that have helped my avoid pesky Vikings throughout my various trips. Thanks BnB!

A Scottish friend of mine was eating in a restaurant in Budapest near a river.
Suddenly an American female voice rang out, "A rat!"
"Don't worry,madam, that is a tame rat. Her name is Mitzi", said a quick thinking waiter.
"Oh, hi Mitzi", cooed the American tourist.

And, the answer is in..... drumroll, please....

She's from Ireland!

<<verynaiveirishgirl on Jan 4, 11 at 02:56 PM

coming to Ireland just to visit Dublin is a pity. Ireland has beautiful scenery. Try to visit Kenmare and Dingle in Kerry if you can. It is quite beautiful there ...>>

If she/he/it really is a troll then more likely the home is nowhere near Eire. Just a play on an Irish joke. Watch out for prettyblondirishgirl in the next post...

But I agree that travellers to the Emerald Isle need to get out in the countryside. Just watch out for those L plate drivers who have been driving unlicenced for forty years. It's more dangerous to drive there than even Poland :) Or has that changed?

Cheers, Alan
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/

Listen honey, a lot of us in Germany and Scandinavia think that Ireland should not have been let in the EU or eurozone...

Listen honey, a lot of us in Germany and Scandinavia think that Ireland should not have been let in the EU or eurozone... Considering also irish recent history with IRA i would also a bit careful before labeling other countries...

AVOID BUDAPEST. We had the worst travel experience the day after xmas traveling the metro. After showing the non English speaking metro ticketing agent our family and indicating where we wanted to go and return to, we were issued a family ticket which we validated and rode on the metro. Upon reaching our destination, a ticket control agent asked to see the ticket, which we produced, detained us for 45 minutes questioning us (I had six children with me) and claimed it was a fare violation and demanded $60USD to be paid to her on the spot. We saw that they targeted other tourists, at least three others, not locals, and also fined them even though they had tickets. We stated that the ticket was sold to use by the Metro agent and that we were not avoiding the fare, which was only a couple of Euros, the control agent looked me up and down as if to assess my clothing and affluence and stated that if she had to work on Xmas then she was going to assess fines and "make money". We only had one day in Budapest and we were harassed forced leave without seeing anything. We will never go back and we strongly advise everyone to avoid this city. They treat tourists like criminals and have a scam set up to rip off tourists and hold them up for cash.

Another first-timer rant............SNORE.............

And why would you expect the metro ticketing agent to speak English? Do they speak Hungarian in New York?

It's up to you to understand the rules and buy the ticket you need. And you may have met a grumpy agent who didn;t want to work on Christmas - but that doesn't mean you don;t owe the fine.

Being a reasonable tourist means understanding the basic rules of where you are going - or bringing an electronic translator with you - or writing down the info - or asking in your hotel - or asking someone.

Everyone can make a mistake. But it's no reason to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Seems to me that verynaiveirishgirl is back under a new screen name!