Quirky things

When I was overseas, I saw a few quirky things. Quirky things were not limited to any particular country-they were everywhere. My favourite quirky thing was the potato offerings left at the grave of Frederick the Great at Sansoucci Palace in Potsdam. He introduced the potato into Germany and people are still thanking him.

This is the refreshments trolley on the Bernina Express train in Switzerland. Enough said.

The Swiss just love their mountain goats. Here are a couple more:

This is a bucherwald or book forest in suburban Prenzlauerberg, Berlin. People put books they no longer want into the bookcase and you can take them home to read.

Street art of the random blue plaque variety in East London.

Alfred Hitchcock's head at the Gainsborough Studios (now apartments) in Shoreditch, East London.  It's big.

And last, but not least, life size plastic corgis sporting blue balloons in the Selfridge's window to celebrate the birth of Prince George.  I wanted to take one home with me.

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