Has anyone else been following the World Cup? It’s been pretty eventful so far and now the competition is getting hotter. I’ve been looking at other world cups I’ve encountered on my travels. First up, a wonderful mural in Philadelphia, featuring a hand cupping the word ‘family’.
Then there was this great cup of coffee I had in Rome on Valentine’s Day, made even more special by a flirty Italian waiter and a little bit of espresso art.
These funky egg cups found in the Rock Stop in Utah.
Last but not least, looking up at the cupola (hey, it’s cup-shaped and has cup in the name!) from beneath the baldachin in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.
Look at all those cups and not a football in sight! How many more cups or cup-shaped things are out there? If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: World Cups
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
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Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé!
xxx Ailsa
Life’s enchanted cup sparkles near the brim. – Lord Byron
You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. – C. S. Lewis
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Great post! Always fun to get a “perspective shift” in your day!
Glad you enjoyed my little nod to the football 😉
A great and timely theme and great photos Ailsa
Thanks Andrew. Hope you’re enjoying the World Cup. 🙂
Absolutely. So many great goals this year and so many angles to appreciate them.
Oh, clever Ailsa! This’ll have me needing to think 🙂
Yaay, couldn’t resist a little nod to the World Cup, Sue. 🙂
“World Cups” AHAHAHA! Happy travels!
Haha, glad you enjoyed it, Hamilton! 🙂
Great! 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Wonderful images, Ailsa. The only one I can think of at the moment, is also the Basilica dome. 🙂
It’s such a stunning piece of architecture, isn’t it? 🙂
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Wonderful, Rosemarie, that singing bowl is my favourite!
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Great theme, Ailsa! And your photos are beautiful as always – must admit I was the most drawn to the patterns of the egg cups above. 🙂 And…yes….cups are the one thing I try to bring back home from every travel…just a pity I am not at home at the moment to be able to capture the collection..
Here’s my entry this week: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/travel-theme-world-cups/
Wonderful images, Ese, and I LOVE that Ray Bradbury quote. What a great idea, bringing cups back from all of your travels. 🙂
Love your take on “World Cups”!
Thanks Livvy! I couldn’t resist it. 😉
Great photos! Always nice to join in on the fun! Let’s see what I can come up with this time. 🙂
Hurrah, looking forward to your post!
Good day! Here’s a photo of some makeshift stuff made from bamboo (including cups, of course!). I learned how to make these when we had a hunter-gatherer survival training two weeks ago. It was really fun! 😉
ooops, forgot the link: http://angelocrux.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/world-cup/ 😛
Wow, you made those yourself? I’m officially impressed! What else did you learn on that course? It sounds amazing. 🙂
Yes, it was amazing! We learned how to make traps. We also learned how to make fire and how to tell what plant is edible. Our instructor also showed us some trees with flammable sap. And some vines that hold a lot of potable water inside them. It was really, really cool! 🙂
Clever as always Ailsa and a refreshing change from footie!
Variety is the spice of life, Gilly! I’ve been watching way too much football, needed to shake things up a little. 😉
I did one Ailsa! thank you 🙂
http://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/travel-theme-world-cups-at-broomhill/
Oh how gorgeous, I would totally have that teacup in my garden! 🙂
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This year’s Formula 1 championship will included races on four continents. Talk about World Cups!
https://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/the-ups-and-downs-of-formula-1-racing/
Wow, cool, I’ve never seen a Formula 1 but your photos make me want to go right now. I adore that photo of Jaspa and his little buddies on the track! Hee hee. 🙂
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I love the theme and the photo’s! It’s easy to forget to take photo’s of the small, seemingly everyday things like an arty cup of coffee, but it’s the small things sometimes that bring back little memories to make you smile! I certainly need to take more pictures of the small things!
Every time I look at that photo of the coffee I remember the waiter’s twinkly smile and the mischievous glint in his eye. Makes me smile every time, Gemma. 🙂
What an awesome theme this week. Points for creativity here!
Thanks Andrea! 🙂
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Nice shots, chava61, hope you’re enjoying the World Cup! 🙂
Brilliant Ailsa! I particularly like the coffee – how sweet 😉
That cup of coffee made my day, Jude! 🙂
Gosh! Cups are my fetish! Mention them here: http://homethatwebuilt.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/mint-dream-reality/. Here: http://homethatwebuilt.wordpress.com/2013/11/ and here: http://homethatwebuilt.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/red-tea-kettle-acquired/
A great assortment! Perfect quote from Lewis, too
Yhup, Lewis pretty much sums it up for me too, phil! xxx Ailsa
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Thanks for another great travel theme. Here’s my entry for this week. What else would you drink from in Hawaii?
http://jennysotherstuff.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/travel-theme-world-cups/
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Nice shift, Ailsa. Here are my cups: http://wp.me/p16tta-za
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These are my cups:
http://foto2nurul.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/travel-theme-world-cups/
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These are our cups. 🙂 sorry, it’s not a picture but a video though… hehe
http://ava1martini.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/travel-theme-world-cups/
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here are mine:
https://traveller2006.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/travel-theme-world-cups/
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My take on cups: https://beautyalongtheroad.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/a-cup-of-beauty/
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My family just visited an amusement park that features a tea set as one of the rides – http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/tea-time-for-wpc-contrast/
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Hi Ailsa, here’s mine http://thirdpersontravel.com/2014/06/28/world-cups-weekly-travel-themed-photo-challenge/
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I had to go a fair way back in my files for this – but it sums up a very pleasant afternoon on the Great Victoria Bicycle Ride along the Great Ocean Road http://sonyavdg.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/travel-theme-world-cups/
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So many options for this theme; here’s my take on it. I love your images – especially the Basilica.
Oops: helps if I post the link: http://zimmerbitch.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/may-as-well-be-the-world-cup/
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