I don't think this sign really needs a caption -- it pretty much hits the nail on the head.I'm glad to be hitting the rails for a little holiday in Belgium...  chocolate, chips and beer -- oh my!
Not to mention the hopelessly impossible Flemish language...

I didn't take the above photo -- I just want to say that I'm heading to Belgium in two days -- the home of fine chocolate -- so if you don't see any new content on here for a little while, I'll be back soon with new (hopefully beautiful) pictures of Bruges canals, 15th century buildings and yes, chocolate...  See you soon!

I like looking at signs in England.  Street signs, tube signs, outdoor advertising, whatever.  A lot of them are very different from their American counterparts.  This photo is of the best example I have seen thus far.  It's one of the many "exit" signs inside a tube station.  You see, in England they don't use signs that read "EXIT" to indicate where you get out of a place.  They use signs that say "WAY OUT." 

This is cute to me.  They use two words when they could easily use four letters.  It also reminds me of stereotypical hippies uttering phrases like "Far out, man" or "That's way out, dude."

Anyway, I dig these "WAY OUT" signs.  That's why this is my "Pic Of The Week."

Cheers!

I went shopping at the famed Harrod's department store today.  In case you don't already know, Harrod's is in the Knightsbridge area of London and it was opened on that exact location back in 1849.  It's the largest department store in the world (literally) and has 330 separate departments including a pet shop, a toy store and fine jewel mini-stores by the likes of Cartier, Tiffany, DeBeers and Bulgari.  The owner of the place is Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi (the man who was killed in the car crash with Princess Diana).

Anyway, Harrod's is stunning.  They have enomous food halls with entire counters dedicated to everything from beluga caviar and fresh alaskan crab claws to Swiss chocolate truffles and fresh tropical fruit. 

But the big draw for me was Harrod's "Christmas World."

See, in England there's no Thanksgiving holiday (duh) so the Christmas shopping season doesn't wait to begin on "Black Friday" like it does in the States.  In fact, the holiday season is already underway here and it's only October 5th.  It's pretty weird, but also fun to start the celebrating and shopping so early.  There was so much stuff in Christmas World that I couldn't even get a decent photo to represent it -- if that makes sense.  Not to mention there were people all around me also trying to take photos.

So, in honor of a country where the Christmas shopping season is already underway in the first week of October, this is my "Pic Of The Week."