Mike
Pack your bags and grab your passports, but leave your expectations at the door! Today, we’re embarking on a journey through the eyes of tourists who’ve encountered the ‘mildly interesting’ – those experiences abroad that aren’t quite life-changing, but definitely eyebrow-raising.
We’ve collected tales from globetrotters who have stumbled upon the quaint, the quirky, and the quietly amusing in their travels. From a vending machine in Japan selling something unexpectedly ordinary, to a small-town festival in Italy that’s charmingly peculiar, these stories remind us that sometimes, it’s the understated moments that make travel memorable.
So, fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a tour of the delightfully mundane, as travelers share their most mildly interesting international escapades!
1. A Clever Way To Show How Ancient Ruins Looked Like
2. Top Tourist Attraction In A Polish City Is A Cat
3. These Public Swing-Powered Chargers For Your Phone In A Train Station
4. I Saw A Moonbow Over The Moai Statues On Easter Island
5. Traveling Through The Middle Of Nowhere In Louisiana Makes For Some Interesting Sights
6. This “No Cars Allowed” Sign In Sweden
7. My Country Puts Phosphor Into Sidewalks So You Can See At Night
8. “Complimentary Sticks” For Dogs In A Posh Part Of London
9. A Resort I’m At Has A Sign To Warn Tourists About Seals Sleeping On The Beach
10. Traveling Through Some Back Roads In My College Town And Came Across This. The Generosity Made My Day
11. Found A Stargate In The Middle Of Nowhere Near Linz (Austria)
12. A Cheese Vending Machine In A Mountain Village In Switzerland
13. My Friend Was Traveling Through Marocco When She Suddenly Saw This Tree Full Of Goats
14. I Have Traveled The World With Toy Story’s Woody Taking Pictures For My Son. At Heathrow Airport, Security Just Confiscated His Weapon, Keep The World Safe Boys
15. They Have Built-In Child Seats In The Madrid Bus
16. Park In Singapore Has A Swing For People In Wheelchairs So That They Can Experience It Too
17. They Have Baguette Vending Machines In France
18. These Kids’ Toilets In A London Museum Whose Sinks Slope To Cater To Progressively Shorter Children
19. Cat Crosswalk In Norway
20. This McDonald’s Sign Has Been Made To Match The Old Street That It Is On – Salzburg, Austria
21. These Steps Light Up And Play Piano Notes As You Walk On Them
22. Mount Sinabung Erupted While My Friend Was On Vacation Making An Epic Picture
23. This Public Fountain In Nice, France Lets You Fill Your Water Bottle With Flat Or Sparkling Water
24. The View From This McDonald’s In Austria
25. These Hello Kitty Construction Barriers In Tokyo
26. A Fire Hydrant In Tokyo, Japan
27. Koala Cuddle Guide In Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Australia
28. This Bus Stop Library In Norway
29. My View As A Tourist From Inside The Cage
30. This Bus Stop Library In Norway
31. Supermarkets In Singapore Uses Digital Price Tags
32. Gas Station In Tokyo – Fuel Pumps From Above
33. Flying Over Antarctica From Chile To Australia
34. Wooden Escalators, London Underground
35. This Tray Attached To This Japanese Public Toilet Lock So You Don’t Forget Your Stuff
36. This Building In London Has Been Painted To Look Like A Monochrome Cartoon
37. I Have Been Traveling Around Europe And At The Current House I’m Staying At This Guy Rides His Unicycle When You Pull Some Toilet Paper
38. This Vending Machine Has A Visual Representation Of Various Prices For Tourists Who Are Unfamiliar With Local Coins
39. A Roundabout Inside A Tunnel In Norway
40. Some Trash Cans In Barcelona Let You Shoot For 3 When Throwing Away Trash
41. This McDonald’s In Amsterdam Has A Baby Bottle Warming Microwave
42. This Restaurant In Europe Doesn’t Allow Adidas Tracksuits
43. When Sightseeing In London, You Notice Things You Haven’t Noticed Before
44. So As Part Of The Deal When I Was Buying A Motorbike In Vietnam, I Was Given A Free Duck. He Traveled On The Back Of My Bike For Around 1750 Km In Total From Ho Chi Minh City To Hanoi
45. My Taxi Driver In Barcelona Uses Printed Maps For Navigation
46. Someone Has Been Altering These Road Signs In London
47. London Heathrow Airpot Has A Charging Station With Outlets From Around The World
48. This Guy In His Cooling Fan Jacket In 36°C Tokyo Heat
49. These Roadside Trees In Taiwan Have QR Codes. Scanning One Takes You To A Webpage With More Information About The Tree
50. In Australia, This Costs The Patient Nothing. Doesn’t Matter If They Are A Citizen Or A Tourist
h/t: BoredPanda