Saturday we spent the day in Pisa. We had heard the rumours that it was only a leaning tower and not that great, but hey we are 30 kms down the road and a leaning tower has got to be worth a trip right?
the answer is definitely. We loved Pisa. It has a population of 90,000 and 60,000 of them are students. It’s is therefore relatively laid back and surprisingly a great wandering vibe. It is only the square of miracles where the tower is that was busy with tourists but even then it was a 5 minute queue for the tower. We bought tickets from a random who gave wh two tickets for $20 as they had run out of time and couldn’t go up. I said he’d probably been scammed and he said well then we have lost $20 but he didn’t think so. I held my breath as the tickets went in the scanner and sure enough Wh was right (hate it when that happens), his faith in fellow man vindicated and up we went.
it is a ridiculous feeling climbing a leaning tower. I usually get vertigo at heights but find if I lean on the centre wall it keeps me upright. As we climbed the 296 steps to the top up the spiral you can feel yourself leaning into the centre then being pulled away from it. It’s really disorienting and you are left quite giddy.
As those who know me will attest, a real achievement getting me to the top of the tower. When at the top I Couldn’t leave the middle bit and other tourists were laughing at me trying to lift my arm up and out to take a picture, without actually letting go of the centre tower. I think it was a great effort from fifty something intrepid traveller (fsit for short)
After this square we wandered through numerous others. I have so many photos but I really like this one as it summed up the quintessential essence of Pisa and Italy. The little truck with all the books on it, in the square. A Vespa parked behind it, then a lady on a bike with a child in the seat.
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We did lots of wandering yet again discovering lots of great graffiti. It somehow had a different feel to it than that of say Berlin where it is so prolific. There was some scrawl but so much of it had a message, or was very arty like below. I wished I could speak Italian, with every poster seeming like a call to arms. Join the rebel side, was a common phrase.
That was yesterday. Today is Sunday and you have all already had mother’s day and birthdays for some as well and have moved on already. Whereas whilst you were sleeping We packed up and moved to a little village just outside of Siena. Our cottage is stunning and I plan to spend tomorrow wandering no further than the village 100 metres down the road. Wh may have nerves of steel for driving but mine need a rest.
my sculpture of the day is a mural from Pisa, perhaps I will have to change it to art of the day. It was a close call between this and the graffiti in the tunnel.
take a close look it’s great.
