traffic from DE to DE goes via NL->UK->US->FR

Hi, Just wondering if it is normal for traffic from DE to DE to flow through NL->UK->US->FR and so increase delay nearly 100 times? Traceroute here: http://pastebin.ca/115200 and there is only 4 AS, so ASPATH does not help a lot in finding such links with a horrifying optimisation. I believe there is much worse links, any software to detect this? Something like scanning one ip from larger IP blocks with icmp and comparing geotrajectoyi via geoip? thank you, AKK