Planning a vacation can be a whole lot of fun. In fact, some people say the anticipation can be as good as the actual travel. But they’re wrong – the actual TRIP is always the best. And the more photos you can take, the better.
Sometimes though, those vacation photos can be a little…wonky? Unusual? Nah, just plain bad. Could be totally your fault, or something that you had no control over whatsoever. But those really bad photos wind up being stories unto themselves.
Case in point – pocketbook man at the Palace of Versailles. It was the mid-90s and Joe and I, who were “just friends” at the time, went to London and Paris with some other friends. I don’t remember if we planned it this way or not, but it was a day that the fountains were running.
I wanted us to get a shot of as much of the main fountain as we could, preferably with as few people in the way as possible. Unfortunately, there was an older man, hold a pocketbook (maybe his wife’s? his own? I dunno), and at the edge of the fountain and he just WOULD NOT MOVE. We stood there for a good 15 minutes, waiting for this guy to be on his way. But no…he just stood there, watching the fountains, ruining our picture. So we finally took a horrible picture of us and the old guy…
…As well as of the old guy himself. And his pocketbook.
And here it is almost 30 years later, and we still tell that story.
Other people have had much worse photo ops. They’ve been found all over the internet. Take a look…
Traveled 10,000 km to see the solar eclipse in Chile. It rained.
PC: youyouxue /Reddit
Expectations vs. reality: London version
PC: anticlimaticveg / Reddit
Drove 2 hours to see this “waterfall”
PC: Single_Savage / Reddit
Tried to get a quick pic of the Washington Monument as they drove past it
PC: Spiggerish / Reddit
A great tourguide
PC: finnicko / Reddit
Selfie with the Mona Lisa
PC: tarandfeathers / Reddit
Always wanted to see the Taj Mahal in person
PC: Pheven_with_a_v / Reddit
Whoopsie
PC: cheekytlacueche / Reddit
Still not great at doing those panoramic shots
PC: Lifelapse / Reddit
Trying to tell the 70-year-old Swiss man who offered to take their picture that his finger was covering the lens
PC: Inesmu / Reddit
Best worst photo at Cristo ever
PC: Pedromendonca51 / Reddit
Feature Photo: wilko2205 / Reddit
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