I've been a bit slack so i'll try to make up for lost time. We are currently in Palermo (on Sicily) but i'll start back up from when we left Florence.

We caught the train to Pisa in the morning but unfortunately our luck of weather ran out as it was raining (though not to heavily). We saw the leaning tower (and got some good photos with it) but there was a 3 hour wait to climb it and unfortunatley we had to get a train to Rome so we couldnt.

We stayed at a nice bed and breakfast in Rome and on Bindy's birthday we went and saw the Colosseum and the ancient Roman forum before having lunch in front of the Pantheon. The waiter gave us free Lemoncello (an Italian lemon liquer) for Bindys birthday which was cool.
That afternoon we walked up the Spanish steps (with a great view of the city) and had a really nice dinner.

The next day was off to the Vatican, which despite your religious inclinations is still a fantastic place to visit. The main church, St Peters Basilica is huge (i think its the biggest in the world) and we climbed the 550 odd steps to the top for an amazing view of the city. We got some photos of me at the vatican post office and then went into the Sistine Chapel to see the amazing artwork. Never short on trying to make a buck or too, the church had merchandise stalls everywhere, even inside the galleries of the museum.
We saw a guy fall off his scooter/moped/motorbike thingy which are everywhere here, weaving in and out of traffic.