I know it's been awhile since I've done a formal Five Friday Favorites, but today & for the rest of August I'm mixing things up and doing "Flashback Fridays," featuring some tidbits from my European travel this summer. I just got around to downloading all the pictures I took on my phone to my computer (yay! now I finally have room for more pictures!) so I came across a ton of fun pictures that never made it on the blog, or on my Instagram. But they are so fun, I must share them!
Today's theme is funny candids and the stories behind them! So lets get started...
"Look how pretty this place is! Just look at it!" I believe that's pretty darn close to what I said when this picture was taken, on our first weekend trip outside of Florence. We went to the Cinque Terre, but stayed in a nearby town called Moneglia, where we spent the entire afternoon of our arrival exploring the rocky beach area. We acted like we were 10. It was great.
"Do I look like a Medici?" In Florence, we got the chance to tour the Chapel of the Medici's and the Basilica of San Lorenzo, and admired the richness of the marble inlays (called pietra dura) and and intricate woodwork. I paused from my sketching to pretend like I was a wealthy Medici, and a classmate snapped this picture... I definitely pulled it off.
"Let's touch the butt!" We pulled a Finding Nemo while in Prague, at the Piss statue by controversial artist David Cerny. One of my favorite of his pieces throughout the city, the two men stand on a pool shaped like the Czech and you can text in whatever you want them to spell with their stream. Kind of a cool community interaction piece. But anyway, yes, we had to get cheeky with it.
"Look how relaxed I am..." This picture itself isn't funny, but the story of what happened not more than 5 minutes later is. I was at the Milan Expo, about to meet up with all of the FSU group to head back to Florence so I was chilling with a drink in my hand (non-alcoholic, just to make that clear for what comes next) at the Czech pavilion with my tired feet in their little pool. It was time to go meet up, so I stood up to leave and splash, my whole bag slipped off my shoulder and into the water. The bag contained not only my student ID, my passport, and money, but also my camera and cell phone. Thank the Lord for the nice gentleman sitting right next to me, because he grabbed it before it started to sink! Everything survived without damage, except all my paper pamphlets from the pavilions and my empty spare sketchbook. So it ended up being kinda funny, especially since I can't even blame alcohol for this one!
"How do you fire a cannon?" When touring the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, I had my friend take a picture of me standing next to the big cannons to send my dad and brother (they love stuff like that). Then I also decided I wanted to fire it, but quickly realized I had no idea how to actually make it look like that's what I was doing. Oh well!
My Europe travels definitely were anything but boring, and I hope you enjoyed a few laughs while reading this! Happy Friday & Happy Weekend!
--Caroline
