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High-Five Prank In Pisa, Italy (VIDEO)
May 10th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Every tourist who visits Pisa, Italy, returns with a photo pretending to hold up the city's famous bell tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Creating the photo illusion is so popular, that hoards of tourists flock to the town for the sole purpose of snapping the picture. One visitor, however, took it upon himself to walk around the square surrounding the tower and prank unsuspecting tourists. ...
Fact vs. Fiction: The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Apr 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
Wouldn't you know it, someone else happens to be taking that cheesy staged photo in the same spot that you're trying to take it. In fact, it's happening all over.
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[flickr images via harshlight and roberto_venturini] ...When in Pisa, do as the Asians do
May 9th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
We stopped in Pisa, Italy this week on a tour of the Mediterranean to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In contrast to lots of other landmarks and places of interest that we had seen in Italy, the tower and surrounding attractions were surprisingly well kept. Beautiful actually. I guess I had expected it to look like other things we had seen on our journey, which, over time, had become respectfully ...Photo of the Day (09.20.10)
Sep 20th, 2010 at 6:30PM:
There's nothing wrong, per se, with taking cheesie vacation photos. They make you laugh, they help you remember trips and they became cliche only because so many people enjoyed taking them. We stick our heads through wooden cutouts so that we have cartoon bodies. We pretend to hold the Taj Mahal in the palms of our hands. What we all probably fail to realize is how we look to everyone else ...
