Antique Hall in the Residenz, Munich.

Well, we are off to Florence tonight.

The night train leaves after 11pm tonight, and tomorrow morning we'll be in Italy. We're meeting our friends Mary and Michael there (they were here in Munich last week; now they're in Venice).

I am really looking forward to the trip, although I don't feel like I've prepared as much as I could have or should have. But I expect it'll be a lot of fun anyway.

We have a teenager coming in to take care of Ziggy while we're gone. And I think everything else is settled, too. Now we just need to pack!

The pictures in this entry are from this past Monday, when Mary and Michael and I toured the Residenz (the city palace) in Munich. We saw the royal Bavarian crown jewels, Nymphenburger porcelain painted in Munich, and all kinds of fancy things. The place is huge. It would take hours and hours to go through the whole thing. And there are TONS of stairs.

Catch y'all on Thursday, when we come back!


Mary and Michael in the Antique Hall.