Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Italy: Day 12 - Pisa and Lucca

One of my favorite days. We decided to go to Pisa today. Pisa was about an hour away from our villa. We found a parking spot not too far from the cathederal/tower. I was surprized that they actually allow people up in the tower these days. It was quite expensive - and the tours were very limited - and we did not go up. We did go in the cathedral and spent quite a bit of time walking around the chruch grounds. I was impressed. I was expecting that this would be quite the tourist trap. (well, it was that) The sights were very impressive. Here are some pics of Pisa:
We are driving towards Pisa - and I was able to get this picture from the car. I guess that I was not expecting the tower to have such a noticible lean.
We are just walking up to the chruch grounds. You can see the lean of the tower through the gate.
You really get the sense of the lean here.

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