“Go till the men speak Italian and continue until they speak something else” (Kingdom of Heaven)
That’s all good and well, unless you’re starting from France and heading West.
(Nice quote, though.)
“No, I can’t drive and read the map at the same time. You have to read the map, unless you drive and I navigate. No? Thought so.”
Every trip.
Trips felt so much more like an adventure back then though, thanks in no small part to that whole reading the map, getting lost, getting found again business.
Suddenly: Liechtenstein!
At least the horses had better automatic driving.
Back then, they called AI: ‘Artificial Incitatus’*
*(Incitātus (Latin pronunciation: [ɪŋkɪˈtaːtʊs] (meaning “swift” or “at full gallop”) was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor, Caligula)
My how the times change…
Pretty sure that’s what went wrong in the Fourth Crusade.
Fucking MapQuest
Do remember that even Alexander the Great lost an army once because he took the wrong way.
