Pack Some Attitude
(Loosely translated title of this post: “Hey, sailor.”)
Perched on a cliff beside the Mediterranean Sea, this is a family-friendly eatery with an impressive view.
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Taken in the Commune of Nervi, near Genoa on the Ligurian Coast of Italy.
Back in the 1950s, entrepreneurial gangster Bugsy Siegel said that Las Vegas had become the Monte Carlo of America.
Well, this British couple seems to prove that these days, Monte Carlo has become the Las Vegas of the Cote d’Azur.
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Taken in the Gare de Nice Ville train station, in the south of France.
This canister facility doesn’t exactly say “butt gas,” but that didn’t stop me from laughing my butt off each time I saw it.
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Taken in Usclas de Bosc, a tiny town up in the Cévennes Mountains of Languedoc-Roussillon, France
A truly effective poster communicates its message in just a few words.
Or in this case, just the one word.
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Taken in Jaipur, India by the irrepressible Peter West Carey
of The Carey Adventures
This advert for SKY Satellite TV covered a train overpass in Auckland, New Zealand – leading me to believe that Kiwi marketing executives have a wonderful sense of humor.
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Photo by Rebecca Several of Travels at 88mph
In the Berlin Airport, some lunch options are more titillating than others.
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Taken by my friend Ann Shepphird, writer/editor of Gardens to Tables.
A special treat served aboard Austrian Airlines on a flight from Vienna to Zurich.
*chuckle*
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Photo courtesy of Katharine Linke
At this public park in Küsnacht, Switzerland — a country renowned for its order and cleanliness — there’s just one tiny, designated area where your dog is allowed to do his business.
Especially if your dog happens to look like Scrat from the Ice Age movies.
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Photo by Erin Halvey of A Sense of Place
This is a real, honest-to-God school attended by children, some of whom surely prefer to be thought of simply as “smaller” or “skilled with instruments.”
In related news, click here to read more about devoted teacher and counselor Pansy Ingle Kidd.
*Ahem.*
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Taken in Poteau, Oklahoma by my friend and fellow road-trip enthusiast,
Ed Bondurant
Oh, New York…you say things that other cities simply cannot.
And in a manner that they wouldn’t dare.
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This public service announcement was photographed in the Borough of Manhattan by Lisa Niver Rajna of We Said Go Travel
