The Boot.

While we were in Germany last summer, I found a boot. We were in the middle of a protest but in search of food in Berlin and it was just sitting there. It enticed me and so I grabbed it, took photos of it, and brought it back over the ocean. The plan was to take it with us everywhere, and take photos of it. "The Traveler's Boot" it was dubbed that night. The problem is, we forgot it in May when we went to France. So...oops. Anyways, the tradition will live in Hungary and beyond (provided I remember).

The boot precariously dangling over the Rhine in Berlin. This is the face of German protest-induced merriment.

The boot with a protest sign. The other side of this sign says "Capitalism is Boring".

The boot made its most prevalent appearances during the protest, but it can also be seen in a German housewarming party, watching the Tour de France, sunbathing in Paris, and eating waffles in Brussels.