Rome

When you learn about the Roman Empire in school, you don't realize that today, the roman influence is still alive. People of Rome live their lives among roman ruins that have survived for over 2000 years and that is amazing.

It's not just the Colosseum, but all the other ancient artifacts that are just part of the city, like these columns.

Imagine that even Cesar saw these and hopefully was in awe as we are today.

Even as non-religious person, one can only be impressed by St. Peters Dome. It's a grand structure that was built on the backs of many people.

But is not just a structure that houses a museum among other things, it is artwork in itself and it contains a gazillion paintings that are part of the architecture. It's just beautiful and no picture can do it justice. One has to go there and experience it.

As if Rome wouldn't be enough culture, we rented a car and drove up to Florence.

And of course, when in Florence, one has to admire the probably most famous statue in the world, David. Michelangelo is credited with finishing this absolutely stunning piece of art in unmatched details from a single piece of marble.

But don't forget, David has always existed, Michelangelo has just remove the unnecessary marble.

Continuing through Tuscany we ended up in Milano, where we visited the mall and the Duomo. The details on the roof are incredible and I'm glad it's open to the public, otherwise it would just be lost to the birds and the environment.

Bonaire

Since Bonaire is one of the three islands off the coast of Venezuela, it's part of the Netherland Antilles and most important it is a gem for shore diving.

It's a simple concept: you rent a truck and with your own scuba gear you get your tanks from the resort's drive-through and then drive to the numerous dive sites any time you want. Let's say you want to see who's hunting at 2:00AM then you do what we did, you just do it.

The slave huts are a reminder of another time when not even the Europeans were disturbed by owning other humans.

They were freshly painted and stood out in the bare landscape, close to a still operational salt production.

During one of those night dives we encountered a box jelly fish that was just hovering in the water column as if it took a break from an interstellar journey. We spent quite some time with this "monster", partly because we were intrigued, partly because we tried to imagine how close we got to these tentacles. Are they dangerous to humans? What would happen? How would we do if we got in contact? If anyone has an idea what type of box jelly fish this is, please let us know in the comment section.

When night diving, it's good to know that the large silver fish that flies by you from behind is just a 6 foot Tarpon. They use your light beam to hunt for their dinner.