On Thursday we made a stop at Pisa on our way to Florence. As tourist buses are not able to get too close to the tower, our coach dropped us off at a parking lot and we boarded a mini "train" that took us the rest of the way to the famous landmark.
We walked through a market that was basically selling all sorts of souvieners that no one really needs, passed through the gates of the impressive wall and came upon The Bapistry, the church and the imfamous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Sage and I worked on taking the obligitory pictures of us pushing the tower or holding the tower up as so many other toursists were doing.
The buildings were beautiful and impressive but the town, not so much. Once we were away from the tourist site, the town really seemed to die. It was not a place full of life. Even trying to find lunch that day was a bit of a challenge. Places seemed decrepit or unappealing. We did eventually find a place where we were able to have - wait - you guessed it - pizza and gelato (Puffo Smurf for Sage and Coffee for me).
And that was about the extend of the visit to Pisa. It is possible to climb the tower (for a price that I did not care to pay). I did find the information about the tower to be very interesting and I am glad that I visited this famous place.
After this short stop, we were back on the bus and heading to Florence for the next two nights.
PS I wanted to call this post Pisa Crap.
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