I had all the intention of blogging about the above picture a few weeks ago after we came back from the medieval festival, mostly for my sister’s amusement, but then I had stuff to do and it became old news.

However, today, my sister posted (completely unaware of the first one) a matching picture on her blog and now I have no choice but to compare and contrast.

See those three figures in centre right of the above photo? Those are the paramedics monitoring the jousting match. It was a little bit after 1PM on a stupidly hot day and they were standing there all straight and strict looking with no hats on. Frankly, I was more worried about the paramedics suffering from heat stroke than the metal-clad guys knocking each other off the horse with a stick.

And here is the contrasting picture (shamelessly stolen from “Sjever i Jug”)

So, the similarities… Three paramedics/emergency room doctors in uniform, one girl, two sameish looking guys observing a subcultural sporting event (for non-Croatian speaking public, the second picture is from youth firefighters games). The differences are striking also, though the Canadians have a much neater uniform, the Croatian team is at least dressed for the weather. Look at them all smiling and relaxed, leaning against the fence amongst the crowd.