noun
a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.
I personally haven't experienced much of said "distress," given that I've now spent a cumulative of some 14 weeks in Europe. I more or less know what to expect. But, occasionally, I find certain things super amusing or crazy bizarre.
Like, these stick figure pictures. One is clearly saying that said seat is reserved for people with unruly toddlers sitting on their laps. The other I find a little less clear. Is this a seat for pregnant women? For fat women? For women with bad haircuts? For cross-dressing men with really bad haircuts?
For women with ladder legs?
This place mysteriously makes enough money to stay open:
This lamp has a hat.
The king of all the lamps!!
This horse is super pissed.
Rawwrrrrr!
This is the happiest stuffed fish I've ever seen:
I still laugh every time I look at this.
Yet some things remain the same, no matter the language or the place.
Kids like to sit on things and parents like to take cute pictures of them sitting on things. I come off as a creepy adult standing alone, watching families and occasionally taking pictures of them.
There are ridiculously shitty books for guys to think they're cool for having next to the toilet.
It takes me a few tries to get a self-portrait, and I still can't make a proper face.
People totally take their surroundings for granted.
Dinosaurs are ALWAYS awesome.
James and I went to the Naschmarkt, which is a cool/dirty place, not unlike a permanent farmer's market, but with a lot of people shoving food in your face and a stupid amount of flies and bugs on food that people buy and (presumably) eat. But, I got some awesome pictures. The people watching was top notch. Armande makes his debut hence.
I like to make up stories about what these people are thinking. Feel free to contribute.
Open air yummies. Covered in bees.
The middle guy looks like he's asking for help.
I want ALL of the spices!!
Too pretty to eat.
Tomorrow we're going to the Friedhof Der Namenlosen (the cemetery of the nameless)- I hear good things. Excited!
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