Crazy Buses of Europe

In the tradition of Abandoned Gloves of Scotland, I present another of my failed photo gallery projects today - Crazy Buses of Europe.

It all began in 2003 when Rhi and I embarked on our first continental jaunt, to Paris. We went out to Versailles and instead of being awed by the honking huge palace I was awed by the squadrons of tour coaches parked out the front. They were bold and daggy like 80s album covers, with senior citizens gently tumbling out their doors.

But as we ventured further I soon realised that pretty much all buses look crazy in Europe, so I abandoned my mission.

Palace of Versailles, 2003.

Edinburgh Tattoo, August 2003

Copenhagen, June 2004

John o Groats, July 2004

St Petersburg, June 2004

Druskininkai, Lithuania, September 2004

Stockholm, June 2004

September 10, 2007 | Permalink | Posted in Globetrotting | Comments (13)

Comments

1 · Marshmallow said:

Bahahahhaha I love the 'bastad' bus, classic!

September 11, 2007 12:06 AM

2 · Emiel said:

Well, speaking of crazy busses, this picture is pretty outrageous too (from photobucket): http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/andrew2022/bus-doors.jpg

September 11, 2007 10:53 AM

3 · shauna said:

COOL! :)

September 11, 2007 12:30 PM

4 · LaLa said:

Ha.

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

September 11, 2007 1:00 PM

5 · pol x said:

Scottish bus company

Dodds of Troon.

The official unit of Troon would seem to be the Dodd.

September 11, 2007 3:17 PM

6 · Lynda said:

Ah, in Troon, not only do buses come in Dodds, but ice cream used to come in Togs!

http://www.ilike.org.uk/photos/cafes/togs_doorway.html

September 11, 2007 3:38 PM

7 · LadyMeerkat said:

I reckon you should have kept snapping :) I found it interesting though I'm not in Europe.

September 12, 2007 10:00 AM

8 · AJ said:

There's an old painted combi I see around Byron Bay painted with, "Granny says only floss the teeth you want to keep".
Maybe I'm easily amused...

September 12, 2007 10:39 PM

9 · Katie said:

sputnik! (well, it made me laugh)

September 13, 2007 5:02 AM

10 · Isabelle said:

I love the idea of pensioners "gently tumbling" out of buses... though come to think of it, I'm only 3 years from being a pensioner myself, so shouldn't laugh.

September 14, 2007 12:01 AM

11 · SJ said:

And yet, all those buses seem friendlier than "welcome corporate experience."

September 14, 2007 4:29 AM

12 · Niki said:

My favourite was one I saw in Amsterdam. It had the name of the bus company splayed across the side in flamboyant fluro writing: FUCKER REISEN
!!!!!

September 17, 2007 10:18 AM

13 · fifi said:

ha!

well, you managed to keep me off the buses, though I say I'd probably belong on the bastad bus.

I've seen that fucker reisen bus, in Paris!

September 17, 2007 1:39 PM