Fake Venice for the most part looks pretty authentic with cast iron (looking) lamps and stone (or is that plaster) signs with either ancient latin or some random latin-like text.

Okay, so perhaps Venice doesn’t keep all of their lamps all close together like this, and real Venice probably doesn’t even have 5 lamps that look all the same like these ones.

Fake Venice has a nice little Rialto-like bridge. Sure it isn’t covered in little shops that overcharge you for everything, but then it also isn’t covered with tourists.

And don’t forget about St Mark’s Campanile. What’s that you say? Rialto Bridge doesn’t lead to St Mark’s square? Well maybe if it did people wouldn’t keep getting lost going from one place to another. Maybe this is an improvement?

In case you didn’t already know, fake Venice can be found in front of the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas [http://www.venetian.com]. Fake Venice doesn’t really measure up to real Venice, but they did a nice job of replicating the landmarks and style of the city.

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I’m not a very good surfer (yet) but luckily Tofino also has some great surf schools and good spots for kooks (new surfers). While there’s no beating the warmth of Hawaii, the Chesterman beach waves break fairly close to shore so you don’t wear yourself out paddling. Also, there are some shallow spots where you can literally stand with your feet touching bottom, launch yourself forward onto the board, and still catch a wave!

It takes a little getting used to surfing in a wetsuit, but once you’re in the water you forget all about it. I haven’t surfed there in sub-freezing winter temperatures, but I’m told the water isn’t much colder; however, it’s getting out of your wet suit and rinsing off where the biting cold will get you! That, of course, is nothing that can’t be fixed by a dip in the hot tub and some hot chocolate next to a toasty fireplace with a view of the beach!

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You enter the museum through a lobby featuring models of man’s earliest forms real and imagined flights including some of Leonardo Da Vinci’s theoretical flying contraptions and the French Montgolfier hot air balloon. Turning left into the Great Gallery you walk past a model of the Wright brother’s flyer and are then treated to a large atrium filled with planes hanging from the ceiling and on the ground to explore. The centerpiece of the gallery is a 1963 M-21 CIA Blackbird spy plane.

Just off of the main gallery is the Rendez-vous in Space exhibit where you can check out mock-ups of a Lunar Rover, a Lunar Ascent Module, and an International Space Station module. They also have an actual Apollo Command Module that was used for training in the Apollo missions.

The museum also has a large wing called the Red Barn which is actually a big red barn that was the original 1909 home of the Boeing company. In it you can look back 100 years to when commercial aviation was just taking off. They also have the Personal Courage Wing dedicated to aircraft from the First and Second World Wars. Unfortunately I always seem to run out of time before I get to explore that wing.

The reason that I always seem to run out of time is because I always cross the Memorial Bridge and head for the Concorde and Air Force once exhibits across the road (see my previous post for photos of Concorde [averagetraveller.com]). This is one of the few places in the world where you can actually climb aboard a British Airways Concorde and the 1959 Boeing 707 that carried Presidents, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.

Also coming to the other side of the street later this year is a new space exhibit where they will display a Space Shuttle Trainer. Somehow the Museum of Flight was left out of getting one of the retired shuttles, but they will get a full fuselage Training Shuttle. Speaking with one of the museum volunteers they pointed out that the bright side of being stuck with a training shuttle is that the public will be able to get much more up close and touchy with it than if it had been one of the actual flight shuttles.

If you are a true aviation and history geek like me then you need to plan to spend a full day at this museum. In fact, the next time I go I plan to ditch all family and friends, who can finish seeing everything in less than 4 hours, and I will spend a full day there.

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Clearly, a place that managed to get zoo.org as their domain name must be special. Woodland Park has been open since 1899 [zoo.org] and has won seven major exhibit awards from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums! They were the first zoo to have an immersive exhibit, designed to make the guests feel as though they are in the animal habitat by hiding buildings and barriers.

As you can see from their black bear habitat, they don’t put their large animals in small cages. There is actually a stream that runs through where the bears live that is stocked with trout to allow the bears to catch fish more or less as they would in nature!

While these humane exhibits are relatively recent developments, the zoo does not hide the fact that the animals were not treated with the same amount of respect in the past. In one part of the zoo they have some of the old cages that are open for people to walk into so that they can get a feeling for what the animals had to live in. In another part of the zoo they have a sign up that talks about the fact that they used to keep bears in small cages and allowed people to throw peanuts at them.

In addition to bears and other mammals, they also have exhibits for birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and plants. While we were there they also had a dinosaur exhibit featuring a number of robotic dinosaurs that the kids all loved. My youngest was very disappointed when we had to break the news to him that they weren’t real.

When we got home I raved about this place to my friends and it turns out that I was the last person in this part of the world to find out how great this zoo is. From what I’m told the line-up to get in can be very long on summer weekends so you need to plan accordingly. We were there mid-week in August and found the park was just busy enough to have some atmosphere and didn’t have to wait to get in. The zoo is nicely laid out with lots of open spaces including a large field for kids to run around in.

They also have some great looking educational programs [zoo.org] including some overnight offerings. I’m pretty sure we’ll be trying those out in the near future – once the weather warms up a bit.

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In some museums you can take photos but are kindly asked to not use your flash. From what I’ve seen, about a third of the people taking pictures in this scenario don’t know how to turn off the flash.  If you can’t be bothered to learn anything else about your camera, at least learn to shoot in P mode (program) because it will let you disable your flash. Many cameras lock you out of flash control in the full auto modes. Most of the people who have figured out how to force the flash to off still end up with dark and/or blurry pictures.

The good news is that it is possible to take nice pictures without a flash. Once you get up a bit of a learning curve on some camera basics, and if you have a few dollars to spend on some relatively inexpensive camera gear, you’ll be shooting with a plan instead of just hoping for the best! And if we can all learn to take indoor pictures without a flash maybe fewer museums will have to enforce outright camera bans to protect their treasures.

Short-cut: Low light mode

If your camera is less than 3 years old it is likely that it has a bunch of pre-set ‘modes’ to help you take your shot. Point and shoot cameras have had this for a while and the newer entry-level SLR cameras have them as well. Play around with your camera before your trip and see if you can find something labelled as ‘low light’. Just make sure that whichever mode you choose doesn’t automatically fire the flash. I’ve been saved by low-light mode in the past when I’ve needed to get a shot very quickly and didn’t have time to manually set up the camera the way I wanted.

Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed

Speaking of setting up the camera, what exactly do you set? Well you can set aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. You don’t have to fully understand how these things work, but you do need to know what they do.

Aperture

Aperture describes the size of the hole the lens uses to allow light through to hit the image sensor in your camera. The best way to think about this is that the larger the hole, the more light that is allowed in, and the less time your camera needs to capture the image. The important bit here is that the faster your camera can take the image, the less the chance of camera shake or movement of your subject which results in blurry pictures. Changing the aperture also has the effect of changing the depth-of-field in the photo, but that’s a whole different tutorial. For now, just remember that bigger aperture allows more light into your camera. Now the confusing part: in camera-speak, a smaller number = a larger aperture.

Aperture is often indicated either prepended with an f/ (the letter ‘F’ followed by a slash) or by a 1: (the number one followed by a colon). Remember the smaller the number, the more light you get. Aperture is completely dependant on your camera lens. For inexpensive zoom lenses you will typically get a range of aperture settings because the lens is limited to how wide it can have the aperture set depending on how zoomed in the lens is. You can usually see what the range of your lens is by looking at the front of it. The lens on my Canon S90 point and shoot says “6.0=22.5mm 1:2.0-4.9″. The part after the “1:” is the aperture range. When my point and shoot is zoomed all the way out (wide angle) it can go to f/2.0 and by the time it’s zoomed in the best it can do is f/4.9.

ISO

ISO is a measure of sensitivity to light. Back in the days of film photography you had to decide what ISO you would need ahead of time because it was determined by the physical properties of the roll of film in your camera. If you were usually shooting portraits outdoors in sunshine you could buy good old regular ISO 100 film. If you were planning on shooting action shots or indoor shots you could pay a few dollars extra and get 200, 400, or 800 film. If you went to a fancy camera shop you might film with higher ISO – Konica had ISO 3200 film available.

In the digital world we no longer have to pick an ISO and stick with it for 12-36 shots. Digital sensors can be adjusted on the fly. When I was starting out in digital photography I read a long-lost tutorial that said to think of ISO as light catchers. The higher the ISO the more light catchers active on the sensor. The more light catchers, the faster your camera can capture an image nad as we said before, less blur. Of course there’s no free lunch in the universe, so you have to understand that the downside to high digital ISO is graininess, or tiny dots all over your picture. Some modern consumer digital cameras will let you shoot all the way up to ISO 6400 or even 12,800 with a little tweaking but unless you are going for an artistic grainy look most people don’t shoot in that range very often.

Shutter Speed

Now this is the easiest one to understand. When I used to shoot film this was the only manual setting I dabbled with because I had no idea what the other two were. A fast shutter speed means that the shutter is open for a shorter amount of time. A slow shutter speed keeps the shutter open longer, allowing more light to hit the sensor. The relevant tradeoff here for non-flash photography is that a longer shutter speed lets your camera capture more of the available light and will brighten up your photo; however, it also means that even the slightest vibration while holding the camera will be captured and result in dreaded blur.

On your camera the shutter speeds that are less than a second are typically identified as fraction (1/8, 1/250, 1/500 etc). Shutter speeds of 1 second or greater are usually marked by a quotation mark (1″ = one second, 4″ = 4 seconds, etc). If you don’t have image stabilization in your camera or lens the slowest speed that most people can use handheld and still get a nice shot is around 1/60 or 1/80. With image stabilization you should be able to bring that down to around 1/30.

Okay, So Now What?

If you were a professional photographer you would probably be able to just eyeball a situation and know what aperture, ISO, and shutter speed you needed, or you might even have a fancy hand held light meter to help you figure it out. For the rest of us we are stuck using the good old trial and error method. The good news is that as you keep trying (and keep erring) you will get better and better and should be able to get that to well under 30 seconds.

Do You Use a Tripod?

Having a tripod gives you much more flexibility for taking pictures without a flash because it allows you to take photos with long shutter speeds without fear of hand movement causing blur. Personally, I don’t carry a tripod when travelling because they are fairly cumbersome and frankly, just a little dorky. I carry a small Gorilla-pod tripod in my bag but I almost never use it.  If you want to use one then you’re in luck because you are much more likely to get great shots of stationary objects without a flash.

First Attempt: Moderate ISO, Max Aperture.

Here is how I usually approach my low light shots. Set your ISO first. If it’s really dark, like in an aquarium, I like to start at somewhere around ISO 1000. My next move is typically then to set my camera to aperture priority mode (usually marked Av on Canon). That means that I will manually set the aperture and let the camera figure out what the best shutter speed setting. Try to take your shot at the largest possible aperture that you can get. Remember that for most zoom lenses the widest aperture is only available when you are fully zoomed out so start there. If you need a tighter shot use the foot zoom and physically get as close as you can to about 3 feet away from your subject. If the shot looks okay on your screen then you’re in luck. You can try again with a little zoom if you need, or lower ISO setting to cut graininess.

Second Attempt: Bump the ISO

If your shot is still dark, or if your camera picked a really slow shutter speed and you have loads of blur, try upping the ISO. The increased ‘light catchers’ should result in the camera picking a faster shutter speed, but you’ll need to check for graininess.

Third Time Charm: Adjust Shutter Speed

So you’ve maxed your ISO and still don’t like what you’ve got, or the only reasonable picture you’ve got is too grainy. If you got a blurry picture then you can keep your ISO where it is and switch from aperture priority to shutter speed priority (usually marked Tv). I’ll usually start at around 1/60 and move up or down from there. If the picture is sharp but too dark I’ll try slowing down the shutter speed. If the picture is reasonably lit but still blurry I’ll try speeding up the shutter speed. Now if the picture is too grainy, you should lower your ISO (light catchers) but then you’ll have to pick a slower shutter speed. In all cases when shooting with no flash in low light make sure to take lots of pictures – you might just get lucky and get a shot with little or no hand motion!

Last Ditch Attempts

If none of that works I will usually give up on the shot; however, if you’re staring at your once-in-a-lifetime shot that you cannot live without, you can try the follow tips in addition to the camera settings:

• If you’re not using a tripod make sure that you have the camera stabilized by bracing your body against something solid, or steady the camera itself by holding it against a stable object like a wall or a display case.
• Use your camera’s burst mode if you have it. That’s kind of like a machine gun setting for your camera – it keeps shooting as fast as it can as long as you are holding down the shutter release. In addition to meeting the ’shoot lots of pictures and hope for the best’ rule above, this also has the advantage that any camera motion from you pressing the shutter release button is only captured on the first shot. All subsequent shots are taken with your finger already pushing down so there should be less camera movement and less blur.
• If your camera doesn’t have burst mode try using the camera self timer. Self timer is will have the same impact of eliminating the motion of the shutter release press; however, it also results in a 5-10 second delay where you try not to look too stupid holding your camera up against a wall. The downside to this is that there is typically a bright blinky light shining out the front of your camera in this mode. Cover that with your finger if you can.
• You might be able to correct for brightness and/or graininess in post processing. I know that there is some specialized software available to reduce graininess, but I haven’t tried any of it. If you have Photoshop CS3 and take multiple pictures it can stack them to cut graininess and noise.

If that still doesn’t work after all that then it was just not meant to be with the gear that you brought.

Okay Picture But the Colour is Off

White balance is another setting on your camera that adjusts the intensity of colours recorded by the image sensor. Different kinds of light impact white balance differently and it will show up in the intensity of colour or lack thereof, not in sharpness or noise. If you shoot in RAW mode you can adjust white balance easily in post processing but white balance and RAW are topics for an entirely different tutorial.

Still No Luck. Now What?

Well now you have to buy better gear. If you have an SLR and are using the kit lens that came with your camera body you’re in luck because you can get a prime (non-zoom) lens with very wide apertures for reasonably cheap. Canon and Nikon sell a 50mm f/1.8 lens for under $150 that can often be found at around $100 on sale or for even less used. If you only have a kit lens I strongly suggest that you make this investment because they also let you take those artsy pictures with creamy blury backgrounds leaving your subject in perfect focus.

If you’re shooting point and shoot you can search for one with a wider aperture. As I mentioned, my Canon S90 goes all the way to f/2.0 which is almost as good as the f/1.8 SLR lenses I previously suggested.  They have a newer S95 model that sells for around $350 and the newly released S100 which sells for $400-450 – about 3 times what you would pay for an entry-level point and shoot, but about half of what you would pay for an entry-level SLR with an f/1.8 prime lens. Oh, and the S100 has built in GPS so you can geotag photos without an external GPS unit and PC software [averagetraveller.com]!

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After appeasing Mrs A|T for the better part of a day gawking at art and learning the difference between classical styles (which was actually kind of interesting) we set off to find my addition to the itinerary, right around the corner from the Uffizi. Prior to 2010 the museum was known as the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, but just days before we arrived it was relaunched as the  Museo Galileo – a museum dedicated to one of my favorite old dudes.

Compared to the other more popular museums that we visited the Museo Galileo was a joy. Possibly due to the fact that it had only just been re-opened, instead of the crowds there were only a few small groups of people visiting the small 2 floor museum. As part of the renovation it seems that the building air conditioning was also upgraded because it was perfectly just slightly cool in the building.

As you make your way through the museum you experience the history of scientific discovery from Galileo’s era. It covers developments in warfare, medicine, and leaps in our understanding of astronomy.

Of course, my favorite part was the Galileo collection which included the actual telescope lens that was used to first observe the moons of Jupiter. Seeing those moons circle another planet cemented the belief that not all objects orbit the Earth, and therefore the Earth was not necessarily at the centre of the Universe.

The lens, which is in the black and white oval frame in the middle of the picture above, is marked as Galileo’s Objective Lens, but not much more information was given in english so I wasn’t sure if that was the one I was looking for. When I asked one of the museum staff about it I was treated to a 20 minute conversation about the lens and about Galileo’s life in both Pisa and Florence. Also on display in the same room are a few of Galileo’s actual teeth and mummified fingers. These artifacts were taken from his grave when they transported him to a new burial site in 1737. I had initially taken a few pictures of those but then almost immediately deleted them out of respect.

It should be noted that I found out at the end of my visit that taking photographs was not allowed inside the museum; however, because they had just re-opened there were no signs up indicating that fact. Fortunately I know how to take pictures without a flash [averagetraveller.com] so I don’t think that I did any harm. They politely told me “no pictures” but did not ask me to erase what I already had.

If historical artifacts mean more to you than classical art, then the Galileo Museum in Florence is an absolute can’t miss. The museum can be seen in under 2 hours, but I would allow half a day if you’re an astronomy and history nerd like me.

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We first went to Legoland in  2008 and we recently returned in December for another go now that the kids are a bit older. The theming and quality of the rides is pretty close to on par with Disneyland yet it is a little cheaper and a little less crowded that its major competition up the I5. While the park only really has 1 major thrill ride to satisfy big kids, there are plenty of small coasters, a target ride, a pirate themed splash zone, and many other well themed rides to keep kids from age 5 and up to the young teens entertained. And of course, adult fans of Lego (AFOL – there’s actually an official club [www.lugnet.com]) and teenage fans of Lego will enjoy checking out the many Lego sculptures around the park. I would allow 2 full days to see everything.

Where to stay.

Legoland is in the process of building its own hotel on property, but until that’s done there are many choices for places to stay in Carlsbad. Of course, you can choose from many nice resorts by the beach not far away from Legoland, but they are usually priced like beach resorts. If Legoland is your main draw you can save a few dollars by staying staying near the park. The first time that we visited we stayed at the Homewood Suites by Hilton [homewoodsuites1.hilton.com]. Homewood Suites are great for families because parents get a little privacy with the suite layout, and the full kitchens include a full sized refrigerator. While it is located in a bit of a business park area away from the beach, it is only about a 5 minute drive from the Legoland gates, the Carlsbad Premium Outlets [www.premiumoutlets.com], and a Vons (plus the usual assortment of stores located near Vons).

When we visited in December we stayed at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort and Spa [www.sheratoncarlsbad.com]. The Sheraton is everything that you would expect for a Sheraton Resort – it is beautiful, well equipped, and the service is absolutely top notch. Of course, you have pay for what you get but the price that we got was quite competitive so if you can live without the kitchenette at the Homewood, I’d check the prices at the Sheraton first. Oh, and did I mention that the Sheraton is right next to Legoland and has a private entrance for guests? Don’t underestimate the convenience and value of that private entrance – especially when considering the next tip. Hopefully this perk doesn’t get cut off when the Legoland Hotel opens.

Sign-up for Lego Mindstorms

Lego Mindstorms are a line of educational Lego robotics sets that include various sensors and motors which can be programmed to perform scripted and intelligent functions. Lego Mindstorms are pretty complex and expensive so participating in the Mindstorms lab at Legoland may be your best chance to play with these sets.

To participate you have to be at least 9 (or at least in Grade 3) and you have to sign up at the Mindstorms lab which which is around the corner to the right of the main entrance. Spots are limited so you’ll want to get there early to reserve a space. On our second day we entered via the Sheraton private entrance and went right to the lab to sign up. The website currently says that Mindstorms is currently closed for renovations but hopefully it’ll be back up soon. The adults in our group found Mindstorms kind of complicated but the kids picked it up right away. And so goes the digital divide….

Bring Swimwear and towels.

Despite the fact that Legoland has a dedicated water park, there are a few water play areas in the main park including a Pirate themed area that includes all of the park’s wet rides plus Soak-n-Sail, a fully wet nets-and-slides climbing area with fountains, water cannons, and a giant bucket of water that fills and spills over everything. The Soak-n-Sail wasn’t open in December (photo below is from August 2008), but the other wet rides are open year round so you will still get wet if you choose to play in that area.

Try the Apple Fries.

Towards the back of the park is a stand that sells Apple Fries. They’re deep fried Granny Smith apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. It’s nice that they’re not battered so they aren’t really greasy. Try to get them as freshly fried as possible and avoid the oily whipped topping if you’re counting calories. I think they’re actually better without the topping.

Check For Admission Deals.

The pricing structure for Legoland is interesting in that a restricted annual pass costs less than 2 full day admissions. They often also run deals where you can get a discounted 2nd day with a 1 day pass. The first time we visited Legoland we actually got a 3 day pass from the Costco right across the street from the park for not much more than the price of a 1 day pass. That deal wasn’t available this time.

Instead, on this past visit we were travelling with cousins and we signed up for a birthday party for one of our kids. If you can get 10 or more people it’s an amazing deal [secure.legolandcaliforniaresort.com]. For less than the regular one day admission price you get a full day admission, Lego invitations, a private party area with a dedicated host, generous food and snacks, goodie bags for each guest, a gift for the birthday child, and a front of the line pass! The adult food portions were generous and included pitchers of drinks, fresh fuit, a large bowl of salad, and a large bowl of chips. Certain that we will be planning our next trip around a birthday again.

Take Pictures of Miniland in the Morning

One of the biggest attractions at Legoland is Miniland, where they have very large Lego sculptures of landmarks from major American cities as well as a new Star Wars Miniland. It was never too crowded in the morning but by after lunch it was tough getting nice pictures without having to dodge all of the other photographers. This was especially true in the Star Wars Miniland where you have to crouch down to get the best shots. See my previous post previous Star Wars Miniland post [averagetraveller.com] for pictures.

What To Do When You’re Two

If you’re visiting with very young kids be sure to check out the PDF that Legoland created [california.legoland.com] which describes all of the rides with no height restrictions and activities aimed at the wee ones.

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On our recent trip to San Diego and Carlsbad we were excited to hear that Legoland California [averagetraveller.com] had added a Star Wars Miniland [california.legoland.com] since the last time that we had visited. The Miniland is adjacent to their main Miniland that features giant Lego sculptures of landmarks from major American cities such as New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Washington DC (New Orleans was removed and surrounded by fencing so I’m not sure if they are rebuilding or replacing). The Star Wars Miniland replaces a past Lego race car exhibit that had both a Nascar style track and a drag race set-up.

Star Wars Miniland includes scenes from all 6 of the movies, although being of a certain age I’m partial to the original trilogy so most of my pictures were from those scenes. It’s hard to get a sense of scale from the photos, but the sculptures are pretty big. The Millennium Falcon was 3-4 feet long and there was a Clone Wars Turbo Tank made up of over 10,000 pieces of Lego! To see the rest of the pictures from the prequel movies check out my Flickr Photostream [www.flickr.com].

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The consensus favorite is the distance to Alaska measured in moose droppings. I like the one giant leap measure to the moon, but then I’m a bit of a space nerd.

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