Autumn in Rome

Guidebooks say the best time to visit Rome is October: I could not agree more. We have had the best weather for sightseeing possible, constant sunshine throughout the day, but not hot to blow our heads up, and not too cold at night.

The first day was dedicated to the sights of the ancient Rome, ex. the Colosseum and the Forum.


On our second day we visited the Vatican city with its unique museum, the Sistine Chapel, the St Peter;s square and St Peter;s basilica of course.


We also spent great moments during our evening strolls through Rome by night, one such moment is well captured by the pic below.


Sunday's main attractions were San' Angelo's castle, a cruise on the Tiber and the fountains of Rome and the Spanish stairs.


The next day we went up to the Garibaldi square which had a great view on the city, then visited the Trestavere neighborhood, and various other sights around the city (see the captions in the album).



Our last day in Rome :-( we spend visiting a few missed sights in the downtown and then a nice golf cart ride around the huge park of the Villa Borghese.


And finally one panorama shot I could not resist not to put it up here:


All pics from Rome here

Pizol

I was thinking about calling this blog entry "yet another day in paradise" but I decided it would get boring and soon I would end up with too many similarly called entries. This latest trip we made was to Pizol, about one hour's train ride from Zurich. The hike itself, not a very easy one I have to admit, was between 1800 and 2500m above see level and offered a magnificent view of 4 glacier lakes. (Should have been 5 but we missed one by missing a detour). The weather, though quite cold, was gorgeous and the view....

Check out all pictures (sorry about quality but some of the photos were made with cell phone)

Oktoberfest

During a business trip to Munchen, I had a chance to have a quick glance to what the famous Oktoberfest is all about: a lot of beer, food, baierish people traditionally dressed eating and drinking in huge tents each the size of a medium sized sportlshall.

2007 - Oktoberfest - Munchen, Germany