The border between Germany and Austria is wide open. There are no border guards, except a small sign telling you that you are entering another country.
For 6.99 Euros, young boys in Austria can practice safe shaving with this kit:
I saw these Skinhead and Neo-Nazi graffiti scribbled on a couple of park benches near Germany-Austria border:
The trip to Austria is not complete without visiting the Town of Fucking, and it is fucking beautiful:
and Oberfucking, or Upper-Fucking:
The word "Schmuck" means "jewelry" in German, "idiot" in American slang, and "foreskin" in Yiddish. Thus, I always laugh when I see a "schmuck" shop sign.
If you thought the Japanese had some strange ingredients on their pizzas, but Austrian are not too far behind with their creations:
Corn Only
Corn and Ham
Tuna fish and Onion
Teletubbies, or Telechubbies, are selling mobile phones
Dildo accessory for Apple iPod for those who really wanted the full experience. (This product was featured in Gizmodo)
These two gargoyles looked like they were talking on mobile phones:
Police talking to fur protesters near Stephenplatz in Vienna. Normal people can't afford fur, and rich people don't really care about the cruel extraction process, thus the protest is pointless.
more of them in Salzburg:
"Arian" and "Aryan" are just one letter difference, however they sound the same on the phone. I am curious if Hotel Arian get any foreign visitors, or they just assume it is "Whites-Only".
The Japanese restaurant's sign literally says "Sushi, Tattoo, Fresh fish". ( 刺身 means "sashimi" in Japanese and "tattoo" in Chinese.)
At the Salzburg Fortress' Torture Museum, my personal favorite of all torture instruments is the Pear of Anguish.
It is inserted into a person's vaginal, anal, or oral cavity. As the key slowly turns, four blades would expand outward.
Mask of Humiliation
Finger Clamps
The Ol' Spiky, aka. Chastity Belt. I love the heart-shaped anal hole.
Scenes of Torture
The sculpture is titled "Cloth of Peace", but to me, it looked like Anubis from Stargate SG-1.
The sign that says tattoo - I assume you mean '刺身', since the other two listed are 'sushi' and 'fresh fish' respectivley.
ReplyDeleteI guess 'tattoo' does make sense for those characters. Is that how they would be understood in Chinese?
In Japanese it's read 'sashimi', sliced raw fish.
刺身 means "tattoo" in Chinese. 刺青 and 紋身 also mean "tattoo" in Chinese.
ReplyDeleteTuna and onion pizza rocks! It's my favorite pizza when I'm in Germany and I'm 95% sure that they do that combo in Italy as well.
ReplyDeleteThe Weridest thing i've ever eaten on a pizza would be Salmon, Or bannan's and cimmion.
ReplyDeleteThe weridest thing I've seen on a pizza is baked beans-(I rufused to eat it...)
*laughs @ the Ipod thing* where can I get me one of those? ~A!
"Schmuck" does mean what you said, however it really only has one literal meaning. In German, it does mean "jewelry" or "jewel". In Yiddish, it also means "jewel", but it's used as slang for "penis" (not, as far as I've heard, "foreskin"), in the same sense as the idiom in English, "family jewels". The American slang meaning is really the same as the Yiddish idiom, used as an insult (like calling someone a dick in English).
ReplyDeleteI hope that makes sense...
Great photos, thanks for sharing. I hope you had fun.
ReplyDeleteSince Austria is in the middle of EU they have decided it is pointless of having anyone in the border. If some non-EU citizen comes by, he/she has entered the EU somewhere else and must be legal or otherwise it is someone else's problem. I like the attitude. Blame the "Teutons"! lol
Actually, the Schengen treaty of which Austria is a signatory, demands that there be no border controls (except in some exceptional circumstances).
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that those are out of the ordinary pizza toppings. ^^;; But ham and corn is the best pizza ever, in my opinion! ^^ (and tuna and onions is really good too) Great fotos btw. Yep, there's really strange village names in here in Austria; I also especially like Oed (= bleak) and Nest. Glad to hear you had fun. ^^
ReplyDeleteHi Tian, your site is always interesting reading. I have one correction for you on this one. Schmuck does not mean foreskin in Yiddish. According to the Yiddish Dictionary online (www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/), it means "jerk, fool, idiot, contemptible person; naive person, person easy to deceive; (vulg. penis, dick, asshole) (American Jewish)"
ReplyDeleteI love those fucking pictures. Fucking looks really great. Did you happen to see any fuckers?
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