College Family Day

Today was family day at the college my daughter attends and my husband and I were invited to the Kappa Delta luncheon with her.

 

It was in the new sorority house.

 

 

 It was nice and quiet and the food was rather delicious.

They served us BBQ with all the sides and cupcakes made by the sorority sisters. 

 

 

After lunch, we decided to take a walk the Starbucks in the Student Union for a pumpkin spice latte. 

 

 

 Here is my husband and daughter picking at each other on the way there.

 

 

After getting our caffeine fix, we noticed they were having an International festival over in the distance and so we took another walk.

 

There was art, food, music, history, and dance representing different parts of the world.

 

 

 We got a chuckle out of the fact that the college is made up of so many different nationalities, it was hard to tell who were students and parents or who were representatives.  

 

The Bratwurst really looked good here in Germany.

 



 

 Not sure what they were writing for everyone here in Pakistan but everyone was lined up for it.

 

 

This guy had this little girl singing. So, cute.

 

 People dancing

 

 

Here I am at China. "I think I rock the hat. haha".

 



I was unprepared for this event and due to the crowd, it was hard to take any good pictures or taste any of the foods but it was fun.  Having lunch and hanging around with my daughter was the real treat.

Graffiti Train

Coming home the other day, I noticed beside me across 4 lanes of traffic was this train going really slow with some amazing colors painted on the sides of most carts. They were vibrant in color. Some had words, some had pictures and couple cars were 3/4 covered with cartoon type pictures. The cartoon characters reminded me of the kids on the old Fat Albert show. (telling my age here).

I thought this was a great opportunity for a photo, so I quickly found a place to turn around and go back so I could pull over somewhere and get some pictures. I missed the good ones but was able to snap a few shots of some toward the end of the train.

I always loved looking at trains go by simply because of all the graffiti on them. I think its a unique art that somehow expresses someones thoughts or opinions from somewhere. They use any flat object as their canvas.  Id like to know more about it and what alot of it means and how to tell where it came from.

 

Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Graffiti means writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Gangs use graffiti to mark there territory. I still thinks its interesting. Id love to see this train come by again so I can get some shots of the really good stuff I saw. But until then, Ill have my camera loaded and ready.

How do you see graffiti? do you see it as art? or vandalism?