{"id":4781,"date":"2015-09-16T20:08:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2015-09-16T20:29:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:29:28","slug":"new-photo-contest-best-funny-sign-in-your-host-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-photo-contest-best-funny-sign-in-your-host-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"New Photo Contest: Best Funny Sign in your Host Country (All entries win free premium membership!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best parts of living abroad is running into a funny sign in\u00a0your host\u00a0country: maybe you see one on a day trip out into the countryside, while you are going out to a restaurant in the downtown area, having a walk around the main tourist area of your city, or even at the international school itself at which\u00a0you are currently working.<\/p>\n<p>Each country has their own unique signs that catch your attention as a little bit strange and a little bit funny; most likely a sign that you would never\u00a0see up in your home country&#8230;though our home countries have many of their own funny signs!<\/p>\n<p>So, what funny signs have you seen so far in your home country? \u00a0Submit your photo to us and enter our photo contest!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-photo-contest-best-funny-sign-in-your-host-country-all-entries-win-free-premium-membership\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4784\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?resize=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/photo-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><i>Quiet section\u00a0sign on a train in Denmark<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo contest topic:<\/strong><br \/>\nYour best funny sign\u00a0shot from one of your explorations around your host\u00a0country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The PRIZES:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st prize: 2 YEARS FREE of premium membership<br \/>\n2nd prize: 1 YEAR FREE of premium membership<br \/>\n3rd prize: 6 MONTHS FREE of premium membership<\/p>\n<p>(Those submissions that are not in the top three will receive\u00a0<strong>1 free week of premium membership for just participating<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Send your photo\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:editor@internationalschoolcommunity.com\" target=\"_blank\">editor@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>.\u00a0Please remember to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Write your name and email address<br \/>\n\u2022 Attach your picture and write a short description about it<br \/>\n\u2022 Enter these words in your subject: <em>International School Community Photo Contest Entry:\u00a0Funny Sign<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>or<br \/>\n<\/em><em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IS_Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a> the photo and mention our profile <a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IS_Community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@<span class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">IS_Community<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to make sure we will see it. If you are on Instagram, use the\u00a0official hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/iscommunityphoto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#iscommunityphoto<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Deadline to submit your photo: 27 September, 2015. Maximum one photo per contestant.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out our previous\u00a0Photo Contests\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/photo-contests\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best parts of living abroad is running into a funny sign in\u00a0your host\u00a0country: maybe you see one on a day trip out into the countryside, while you are going out to a restaurant in the downtown area, having a walk around the main tourist area of your city, or even at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1925],"tags":[2165,1795,46,1926,603],"class_list":["post-4781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-contests","tag-best-funny-sign-photo","tag-free-premium-membership","tag-living-abroad","tag-photo-contest","tag-traveling-around-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11223996_10156095386530790_2478493406058168243_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-1f7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4805,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/top-three-photos-for-best-funny-sign-in-your-host-country-and-the-winners-of-this-photo-contest-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":4781,"position":0},"title":"Top three photos for Best Funny Sign in your Host Country: And the winners of this photo contest are&#8230;","author":"ISCommunity","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We're happy to announce the winners of our Sixth\u00a0Photo Contest\u00a0(Best Funny Sign in your Host Country). 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