Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Italy, Museums, and Moscato

At the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, I was stopped by security because I accidentally left a bottle of wine in my bag. The sign next to security explicitly said no wine (yes, actually no vino...), but as I took it out of my bag to give to them, the two security guards seemed to debate taking it away from me. In the end, they handed me a card, put my bottle in a little cubby next to them, and told me to retrieve it when I was done.

After I got out of the gallery, I gave the guards the card, and one of them handed me back my bottle asking, "Is that for tonight?"

My (female) friend replied, "It's for right now."

The guard said, "Are you going to open it?"

I replied, "It's already open."

Then the guard gave us a knowing smile and a nod, and we left.

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