Street Entertainment: Oslo vs. Rome
On our trips to Oslo we've always been amused by the street entertainers, especially this guy (photo by John Recher):
He remains perfectly still and then -- when you least expect it -- he moves abruptly, usually making a sharp noise and startling any onlookers. There's another one in Oslo who paints himself & his clothing a bright blue.
When my wife tried to sneak up on one of them, he really scared the you-know-what out of her.
Here's his counterpart in Rome
We ran across him in the Piazza del Navona when we were walking from the Vatican/St. Peters/Castel San Angelo to the Pantheon & the Fountain of Trevi. Considering the abundance of booze in Rome, it's fitting that he's painted all gray and depicts a drunk, passed-out wino. Unlike his Oslo opposite, he makes no noise and hardly moves at all. If you drop a coin in his cup, he hiccups and flinches slightly. If you try to sneak up on him, it's as though he never notices:
He remains perfectly still and then -- when you least expect it -- he moves abruptly, usually making a sharp noise and startling any onlookers. There's another one in Oslo who paints himself & his clothing a bright blue.
When my wife tried to sneak up on one of them, he really scared the you-know-what out of her.
Here's his counterpart in Rome
We ran across him in the Piazza del Navona when we were walking from the Vatican/St. Peters/Castel San Angelo to the Pantheon & the Fountain of Trevi. Considering the abundance of booze in Rome, it's fitting that he's painted all gray and depicts a drunk, passed-out wino. Unlike his Oslo opposite, he makes no noise and hardly moves at all. If you drop a coin in his cup, he hiccups and flinches slightly. If you try to sneak up on him, it's as though he never notices:
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