Post by Grubb.
The bane of any travel enterprise is, of course, other travelers clustering in groups. They can gather in front masterpieces, squeeze you off the sidewalk, or storm the restaurant you’ve been considering, so we’ve learned to dodge the sudden visitor swarm by doing a dart and slide dance with the occasional spin. Call it the funky tourist two-step. (Alert Tik-Tok.)
View-blocking is one of the perils of a post-modern trip.
A few days ago, when I was dragging Ella to yet another castle, we exited the courtyard to climb the battlements and get a view overlooking the bay.
Little did we know that a cruise liner the size of the Mirage Casino Hotel was parked by the docks.
We were on the Plaza San Marcos in Venice once when one of these monstrosities heaved in and it was terrifying. The woman next to me on the battlements was lamenting the boat as an abomination. I told her that the children’s exhibit at Oslo’s Intercultural Museum indicated that they were reconciled to this type of floating city being a future habitat.