We're back! Sorry it has been so long. We have arrived in Germany and have been relaxing at Teresa's. I believe Florence was our last blog. We spent that Monday morning by the pool, and headed into town in the afternoon. We saw the Pitti Palace and gardens, which were much more interesting than we thought they would be. We got to see a Pompeii garden recreated, quite the contrast from the ruins we'd seen the week before. We ate at a restaurant where we had o...

We're not really in Rome, but we're in Florence on a computer that doesn't work right and is slow as Hello friends and family. Thanks for checking in. Today Max and I hung out in Florence. We are staying at Il Poggetto Campground in a big 8-person dormitory, with a mold smell and about 20 of Max's favorite spider friends. Last you heard from us, we were in Rome. We left that hostel in the morning and trained it to Florence, spent the afternoo...

Today, our last in Rome, was a big one, as we spent hours exploring Vatican City. It has many museums of art and archaeology to see. Most impressive is the scale of Saint Peters Basilica and its ornate details. Hopefully the pictures Nikki took will do it some semblance of justice whenever she gets around to uploading them. The long climb to the top of the Basilica, during which we encountered perhaps every type of staircase ever invented, gave us an amazing view...

Roma, here we are! There are probably a million interesting things to see in this city but we settled on checking out only those things that thousands of other people wanted to cram in and see at the same time. Last evening was rough. We spent the day at decimated Pompeii walking for hours, tt was spectacular and tragic at the same time. There's a certain irony to the fact that these people's untimely deaths (we saw only a plaster cast of a body each) resulted ...

Hey hey hey Our trip has once again shifted gears and we are now in the land of Ferraris and meatballs. We are in the town of Naples in a dormatory-style hostel. It is a pretty hip and swingin' place, so that uncool and squarish description probably just got me booted. We are near a square with many interesting shops and eateries. Thankfully, we have been able to do a bit of laundry and will be smelling better just as soon as we get some showers, too. Today cons...