Lesson #61 Pictures in museums . . .

     Taking pictures in museums can be a daunting task. Depending on the museum, gallery or church, the rules change. Sometimes having a camera out can just get some really dirty looks, other times it can get you kicked out all together. Well, when going to the Uffizzi in Florence, taking pictures of Michelangelo's David is probably the largest boo-boo you can do. The real David is inside the Galleria dell'Accademia and is heavily guarded. So, my suggestion if you are going to violate ALL the rules: take a picture the second you enter the galleria and crop it later . . . (*You can insert evil laugh here*). 

     If you are not as deviously sneaky as I am, there are two options. The first of which is going to the central piazza in Florence and taking a picture with the fake David, but it is fake . . . The second option is following the kid named David on our tour group. David wanted a picture with David, I mean who wouldn't right? But the student David was not too bright . . . He decided to try to pose next to Michelangelo's David and point . . . kind of a dead give away to the fact that he was taking a picture. So this Italian guard woman starts screaming at him, and he runs away. Now for most people that would be enough, but not for student David. Student David came back another 3 times in an attempt to get the perfect picture. Unfortunately for student David, the Italian guard woman got a bit intense and started following him around the museum yelling nasty things at him in Italian for the rest of the museum trip. The sad part of the story is, student David's camera deleted all the photos he tried to take. How's that for karma? 

     Lesson #61: Don't be like student David while sneaking pictures of forbidden museum pieces . . .