We had a wonderful time, visiting Rome for four days and Florence for three. Lots of walking around gaping at magnificent Roman architecture, marvelling at Renaissance and Medieval masterpieces, peering into Baroque churches, enjoying the beautiful Italian weather, and consuming a lot of pasta and red wine (if red wine is really good for your health as they say, then this trip was like spending a week at a health spa).

We also got to see one of my best friends from college who currently lives in Berlin – he flew down to Rome and showed us some of his favorite spots. In Florence we hung out with a German friend of my wife’s (and his girlfriend). All in all a fantastic trip.

I’m going to try and post some pictures a little later.