This is what the cap says, but I had to get this mug in the picture too. Here is the story. I got it three years ago at the restaurant in Kazakhstan. They served me beer in a huge heavy mug which had "Siberian Crown" written on it - a beer I never heard of, but which was much tastier than the beer available in Siberia when I lived there. So I decided it would be fun to have this mug and asked the waiter if I could buy it. He said "no", but when we were leaving he run after us and gave me the mug wrapped in the dirty newspaper, refusing to take any money. I was really exited until I realized I have to carry it around for the rest of the trip which included three more countries in Central Asia, crossing numerous borders and taking several flights. The only way I could carry it safely was in my backpack, so I had to endure every custom officer and security guy taking the mug out and looking at me with horror. Yes, I travel with my own beer mug. I never leave home without it. Some people travel with pillow, but I travel with beer mug. I don't think you can arrest me for it. Did I mention how huge the mug is and that it weight a ton? But it made to US safely and I still use it. But not when I travel. You can see more of the mug under the fold. Cheers and HTT!

Linz, Austria: We met some friends in Linz and went to a Fairy Tale village for the kids. After exiting, we passed a souvenir shop. I was lagging behind everyone else and snapped this shot of the store. Unbeknownst to me, our friend's children had just been told by their mother to leave the 'junk' alone - she was referring to the candy in front of the store they were touching. The store owner overheard this and thought that all of his stuff was being called junk and wasn't very happy. Then, I came along and took this picture and he exclaimed in Austrian slang - "and now he's taking pictures of the junk!"