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bending_sickleDay 3 (Part 1) - Monday, June 25 - Miramare
Before making our way into Triestre, we visited the Miramar Castle, mainly so's my dad could squee at the residence of the later-emperor of Mexico, Archduke Maximilian.
This is a well with squirrel sculptures. "Because" seems to have been a popular reason with the choice of decoration here.
Why yes, it is the Mexican flag's coat of arms carved in stone.
I just loved this sculpture.
"Strangle the bird" was a popular fountain theme.
* Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
Before making our way into Triestre, we visited the Miramar Castle, mainly so's my dad could squee at the residence of the later-emperor of Mexico, Archduke Maximilian.
This is a well with squirrel sculptures. "Because" seems to have been a popular reason with the choice of decoration here.
Why yes, it is the Mexican flag's coat of arms carved in stone.
I just loved this sculpture.
"Strangle the bird" was a popular fountain theme.
* Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
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Date: 2012-07-22 02:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-22 11:05 pm (UTC)Captioning, Take Four!
Date: 2012-08-01 07:08 pm (UTC)2: Do you think that spear is compensating for something?
3: “Hellllooooooo, you in the sail boat! Do you have Prince Albert in a can?”
4: There’s not really anything I can say to make Squirrel Fountain funnier.
5: Some places are born to be “haunted houses” in bad Miramax movies. This is obviously one of them.
6: What makes a haunted house worse? Letting the vengeful spirits have cannons.
7: The white things with red mushroom caps are completely unflattering to this landscape. It’s like someone is doing roadwork on the highway.
8: Still haunted. Even with arches.
9: Giving the eagle a crown does make him more badass. He’s still no honey badger, though.
10: Houses become haunted when one sibling drowns a younger one in the backyard pond.
11: Use the small pond for drowning. The big fancy one is too obvious.
12-14: Lion!Horse!Topless girl OMG THEIR LOVE IS SO STATUESQUE. Also, being topless on horseback might be… battering? Also, lion hickey. Or maybe the lion is just dry-humping the front of the horse. Horse!Lion OMG THEIR LOVE IS SO INTERSPECIES.
15: “Choking the chicken” had a much more literal interpretation two hundred years ago.
16: “Strangling the stork” and “garrotting the goose” didn’t flow as well, which is why no one says that anymore.
Re: Captioning, Take Four!
Date: 2012-08-01 10:51 pm (UTC)