The ye ol' flood of 2013

The hostel has been shut for the last few days with the water turned off, one of the pipes exploded and caused a bit of a mess downstairs. I could have stayed there and just gone elsewhere to take a shower and use the restroom, but I decided to go to Wroclaw - the city of Gnomes.

The above not technically a gnomes but I would say definitely gnome like enough to be included in this photo spread. 

These gnomes have been around for a while and a new one arrives every year, generally they are sponsored by a business and placed out the front. What the gnome is doing is often related to the business. The first gnome was placed in the 1980's and was used to represent the protest movement that opposed the communism regime at the time. It was fun and absurd but mostly, it was an effective way to take a stand. 

Nobody is certain how many gnomes there are any more, rumour has it that there may be over 180, but as soon as your turn you back these little guys keep multiplying. 

Armenia loves a statue

Yerevan - Armenia

The Cascade is one of the most prominent tourist spots in Yerevan, you can climb to the top of it's 500 steps and see into the beautiful mountain range that is within Turkey's borders. Below these steps is a park, filled with multiple sculptures, none of these sculptures have a connecting theme. Like this one above rabbits doing acrobats.

Yerevan  - Armenia 

It was found adjacent to this large, very prideful looking bronze cat. For height comparison in the second image, all of these guys are above (or pretty close to it) six foot tall. 

Skopje, Macedonia

Just some figurines of two woman chilling, stuck outside a coffee shop on a very busy pedestrian strip. 

I think I may start a section entitled statues I do not understand.

Starting with this one.

It could be the lower half of two different bodies.

It could just be random shapes.

From this angle however it looks like a malformed butterfly.

Your guess is as good as mine.