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Bus driver confuses Belgium with France

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GLOUCESTER, England, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A satellite navigation error led a bus full of 50 British Christmas shoppers to Lille, Belgium, instead of the city of the same name in France.

The shoppers, from Gloucestershire, England, were forced to spend an extra four hours in the bus as the driver corrected his mistake and had only two hours left for shopping by the time they arrived at their destination in France, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

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Some of the passengers were demanding the return of their $300-per person payments for the bus trip.

"It was ridiculous," said one passenger. "The coach driver obviously had two Lilles to choose from on his sat-nav and he picked the wrong one ... We ended up spending more than seven hours on the bus, which is not my idea of a great day trip."

"We are all hoping after this debacle that we will have our money refunded because we didn't get what we paid for," the passenger said.

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