Irene and Matthias in Italy, 2005

It was the first real trip we did on our own, without the need to pretend that we are just vistiting friends....it was the first time we saw each other since Irene left me in Paris - almost 5 months ago. Now she came for two weeks. Living in Darmstadt and working in Frankfurt, there was nothing much to do. So I took Irene the same day to one of the destitnation in Europe she hasn't seen yet and wanted so badly.

After a stopover at Marions and Tobi in Munich, we crossed Austria. Mum's car was packed to the fullest, with tent, loads of food, some flowers, and yeah...no tapes and somewhere in upper Italy, she found out about the destination.

The second one is always inside out!

Venice is properly one of the most romantic cities in a way....

Pisa on the other hand is quite old and falling apart. Still, you know that you can climb the tower again????

The food was of course amazing and we seldom spent so much on food before. We just could not resist the spagetthi vongole and a good pizza (Jambon + Rucola wins).

We have more pics somehwere...we will present more later......