TRAVEL| THIS HAPPENED TO ME

Is That the Eiffel Tower, Dad?

Sights you see on your travels

I won’t write too much text, as I am yet to test if an editor is brave enough to publish this… I think the photo speaks for itself, anyway.

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It was taken in bustling Calle Mesones in Granada, Spain.

I am not too concerned about sharing the girls’ photo, from ten years ago, because I figure that if you are happy to wave a giant inflatable penis in a crowded city square, you are not going to worry too much about being recorded for posterity.

All over Europe, we encountered these wild pre-wedding celebrations. Hens’ and bucks’ parties are also popular in Australia (as pre-wedding get-togethers are termed here), but, to my knowledge, not so public. Here, for bucks’ parties, the tradition seems to be you get together, do something outrageous to the groom like paint his dick green or tie him naked to a lamp post, get drunk, spew, take a taxi, spew in the taxi, and sleep it off on the doorstep.

We have a certain elegance in Australia.

In Europe, it seems frothier, at least in public. In Germany, in particular, it wasn't uncommon to see groups of young women parade…