Monuments – Wander Europe / Traveling like snobs, but for less money Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:40:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4 Memento Park /index.php/2015/09/07/memento-park/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:20:28 +0000 /?p=954 Continue Reading →]]> In Budapest we visited Memento Park, which is a collection of Soviet monuments that were built during Hungary’s Communist period.  Ian has already demonstrated that Soviets knew how to make a statement, and the monuments here were just as impressive in size and theme.  Observe:

Tiara for scale

Tiara for scale

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Ian, blending in

Ian, blending in

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He's got the whole world in his hands...

He’s got the whole world in his hands…

Falling or going for a fly ball?

Falling or going for a fly ball?

 

]]> Rant: Love Lock Cancer /index.php/2015/07/11/rant-love-lock-cancer/ Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:42:00 +0000 /?p=360 Parisian bridges and monuments are being literally crushed by tourist flocking behavior.

Love locks on the under side of a paris bridge

Metastasizing amorocarcenoma on the bottom of a bridge

I’m pretty sure most of the lockers wouldn’t scratch their initials into a park bench, but they have no problem vandalizing a 200 year old bridge. Some people.

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