So I'm all packed up and ready to go.. German and Italian adventures up ahead.

I'm going to try micro-blogging from the trip, partly for fun and partly to test out some new technologies. I'll be taking plenty of photos to post when I get back, but I'll also be using my iPhone to take a couple pics a day and post them to flickr at night, which will also automatically post it to my blog.

In fact... this post is the first test... hopefully this goes through. I'll try to update most evenings if we have wifi.

See you all in a couple weeks!