People everywhere have a great sense of humor and I enjoy finding evidence of that when we travel.  On Ted’s and my 2023 BT, I found lots of things to smile or laugh about.  Here are a few.

We visited several spice markets in Egypt.  (FYI, they smell really good!)  At a group dinner in a Cairo hotel, this sign had the wrong English homophone for the name of the spice.  Or maybe it was a cold powder.

Want a cup of coffee?  Stop at Squarebucks in Jerusalem.

Another “smile sign” was this one in Egypt for Kentucky Fried Camel–a local joke.

When we were at the Cairo airport for our flight to Istanbul, Ted saw this sign in the men’s room over a low urinal.  It’s important to accommodate children.

I saw this bus while we were walking around Istanbul.  The city is located on the Bosphorus Strait.  Get it?

Who could resist an oxymoron like this near Ephesus, Türkiye?

Wondering where to have lunch in Kotor, Montenegro?  This is the place.

After lunch, you might want to go shopping in the Old City of Kotor to buy a souvenir like this.

We saw these works of art (?) at an art exhibit in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

This statue of Zeus was discovered in the excavation of Olympia, Greece.  The nickname for it is “Zeus Talking on His Cell Phone.”

It reminded me of the statue of Apollo that Ted and I saw in the Louvre in 2016.  In case you don’t recognize it, this is “Apollo Taking a Selfie.”

Yes, “Laughter is the closest distance between two people.”      –Victor Borge