To market, to market.

After the past few days in Rome visiting palaces, galleries and museums, we needed a little break and as always try to see normal Roman life at least once.

A great way to do this is catching bus #83 to the Testaccio region just south of Circus Maximus.

It's raining culture and immigration is not all bad

This morning started being a little wet underfoot and continued thanks to occasional showers.  Thankfully we didn't throw our umbrellas out as we were going to back in Florence. We left after a filling breakfast and passed by the Fountain of the Bees (Fontana delle Api) on Piazza Barberini.

There is always too much to see in Florence

Our initial plans were to head out of town today to Lucca or Livorno, each about 1hr 20 min on the train but last night we decided that it is a long time on the train and there is still so much more of Florence to experience.

David, Fiesole and ludicrous laundry

Today was a day to have a break from the little streets, tourists, Vespas and cars by leaving the city but before we could we had to drop in on David.

Winter in ..... EUROPE!!!

Winter in Europe, yes we are heading back, but this time in Winter.

Here is our planned itinerary:

• London; 23 Dec - 29 Dec
• Munich; 29 Dec - 2 Jan
• Tuscany; 3 Jan - 10 Jan
• Florence; 10 Jan - 15 Jan
• Rome; 15 Jan - 20 Jan
• Hong Kong; 21 Jan - 24 Jan

There are a few standouts for this trip. Firstly, we will be in London with relatives for Christmas, followed by NYE in Munich with a firework extravaganza.  There will be an overnight sleeper train journey and we expect Italy will appear void of tourists compared to when we normally visit in September.  Finally, there