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Russia - Switzerland

Russia

In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous russian and soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except thursday.

From the "Soviet Weekly":
There will be a moscow exhibition of arts by 15,000 soviet republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.

Scandinavia

Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
We take your bags and send them in all directions.

Cocktail lounge, Norway:
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

Serbia

Hotel elevator, Belgrade:
To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

Spain

On an airsickness bag on a Spanish aeroplane:
Bags to be used in case of sickness or to gather remains.

Torremolinos, Hotel:
We highly recommend the hotel tart.

Switzerland

On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

In a Swiss mountain inn:
Special today - no ice-cream.

Hotel brochure, Zurich:
We have nice bath and are very good in bed.

 

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