This blog installment includes the last days of my most memorable month in Germany and my three days in Roma, Italy. I should also say that anyone who is a member of Facebook can view ALL of my photos from the trip, but most without commentary. Enjoy!
How much do I love Germany? Let me count the ways, just in this photo:
1. Green roofs everywhere, featuring plants with shallow roots absorbing the water and the sun's heat to create a cooler environment! (not to mention solar panels everywhere...)
2. Permeable ground surfaces, like on the exterior level of this parking lot, where water can get through without impacting the use of the space.
3. The word fahrt is everywhere! As in ausfahrt = exit, on the arrow on the left. Tee he he.
Beautiful Japanese garden in Stuttgart, Germany.
As I was walking from the U-Bahn station (the above ground metro in Stuttgart) to the mineral therme, I noticed this black crow perched on this statue.
Stephanie and Tobias enjoying the merriment of Stuttgart's Weinfest. Zum Wohl!
One of Stuttgart's many flower vendors at the Saturday market downtown.
Go Greenpeace! Here, they are promoting recycled paper.
Partying it up at Perkins Park, Stuttgart's finest nightclub, with my German brothers: Frank, Matthias, and Michael.
More fun at Perkins Park with Matthias, Michael, Tobias and Frank. My last night of fun in Deutschland...boo hoo.
On the train to Italy, I passed through the beautiful mountains of Switzerland.
A river in Switzerland as I am on the train to Italy.
The columns surrounding St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the smallest nation in the world.
The center of activity in the Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica.
There are large television screens in the circular courtyard from the previous photo projecting the services delivered by the Pope. Here, they were replaying a Mass with Pope Benedict.
Sorry kids, no 50s bathing suits allowed in St. Peter's Basilica or the Vatican Museum! Actually, they just wanted people to be covered appropriately...
Only the best protection for the Pope! No, not condoms (never!), rather Swiss guards dressed in colorful outfits.
This stained glass window featuring a dove is the centerpiece of St. Peter's Basilica. It reminds me of the song "Everybody's Free" from Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet film.
Look up! St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, Italy.
Entrance to the Vatican Museum.
Photo taken from inside the Vatican Museum with St. Peter's Basilica in the background.
Carousel in Rome at night with the moon in the sky. All is well with the world...
Fontana de Trevi, a very famous fountain in Rome that's swamped by tourists.
Posing in front of the ruins of the Forum of Peace in Rome. You can see a bit of the Colosseum in the background.
The one, the only... the Colosseum! Rome, Italy.
I really loved the modern art statues of women around the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Outside the Colosseum, Rome, Italy.
Another Italian for PACE (peace) in Rome.
Public transit at night in Rome.
It can't be comfortable to ride horses into battle with nothing but a drape around your neck?! Statue in Rome, Italy.
Moving on to Bari, Italy, where I passed this castle on my way to the ferry to Patras, Greece.
About to board the ferry to Greece from Bari, Italy.
Ciao Italia! The sunset in Bari harbor, Italy.
Now, onto Greece!
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