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By Tsunami Sara
November 4th 2009

Life on the farm Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

Wow it's been awhile. We've been biking almost every day since Florence in some pretty remote parts of Tuscany so it's been hard to find time to write. Biking through Tuscany has been an interesting experience. On one hand the food is amazing and everywhere you look there's olive trees and fields of vineyards turning yellow and orange. But on the other hand those "rolling hills of Tuscany" are not quite what I pictured. They're actually more like little mountains with roads that run straight up and straight down them. We found this out the hard way on our first bike [View Full Entry]

By Tsunami Sara
October 21st 2009

Meat, the mountains, and more biking Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

The last week has been so crazy! Kuba and I have been biking almost every day. After Ferrara we went to Bologna, which was nice but pretty uneventful. Besides all the meat! So much meat! Their speciality is ham, and we spared no little piggies. We also visited a place that strangely reminded me of an Italian Horseshoe. This bar has served only alcohol, no water or food (people brought their own), since the 1300s. It was also slightly trashy, so we fit right in! From Bologna we went through Modena and Parma, where we continued to eat like beasts. Modena [View Full Entry]

By powerfulmike
October 15th 2009

"Duty Free" Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

Don't be fooled by the wine prices at the "Duty Free" shop at the Rome FCO airport. I was. Then I got home and found the same wines cheaper in my local wine stores. They also push less than 4 or 5-star wines. A price of 30 euros usually means you can find it for $30 at home. LOVE Italy, but it's become very expensive. Jeans at a Levi's store? $200. Lunch of a sandwich and salad? $18. A shirt? $140. This was my fourth trip to Italy. My advice is still, enjoy the spectacular countryside, but don't buy anything. [View Full Entry]

By VanOpdorps
September 27th 2009

Pisa Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

yes, it leans

Time for pictures only [View Full Entry]

By Snap Shot Stacey
September 24th 2009

Climbing the Leaning Tower! Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

It looks a little drunk!

For some reason I had it in my head that the leaning tower of Pisa was in the middle of a small square. Was I ever wrong! It's actually in the middle of a LARGE and very green square which it shares with a church, a baptistry, an artistic cemetary and a whole host of street vendors. I also didn't know that you can actually climb the tower (for 15 euro mind you). I'm so glad I did it though! The view from the top is one of the best I've seen. You really feel that you're in Tuscany once you [View Full Entry]

By maytorenajr
September 14th 2009

taormina, rome, pisa Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

Leaning tower

I arrived in Pisa today and I must say it is pretty nice here. Their is not much to do here but its real laided back and easy going. I was in Rome last night and I once again drank way to many beers. Then a girl from england kept buying me this weird shot with bailys, some mint liqour, and chocalte liqour. It was good but not so good when I woke up this morning. I felt like I died and reincarnated into a pile of donkey poop. I was hating life for sure which made for a great time [View Full Entry]

By AMV
September 12th 2009

Pisa and so much more! Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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On September 11, I was fortunate enough to visit Pisa with two people from my program! It was such a great time, and we only went for the day! We got to eat our lunch in front of the leaning tower of Pisa, which was really cool! I loved it. We also took some really goofy photos as well. Some of them are posted. We basically chilled, looked around and shopped. Everything was a lot of fun. Hope you love the pictures! Today is a really chill day in Florence. I did some additional shopping and finally bought myself a journal. [View Full Entry]

By ChelseaandRebecka
July 6th 2009

Day Trip Pisa Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

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I always find it fasinating to learn how different people experience the world because each person lives such different realities, kind of like the blid men and the elephant. On the train ride to Pisa I sat with 2 girls from Sweden. They were backpacking across Europe as a high school graduation gift to themselves and to avoid the question "What are you going to do with the rest of youre life". After talking with they for a while I learned that they each knew 4 languages fluently and that they considered North Americans to be ill educated. Apartently their school [View Full Entry]

By chelsie
June 5th 2009

[The Italian Job] Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

Ugh. Today was freaking nightmarish. First I get harassed on the train and then on the way home our train is over two hours late. BUT I saw the leaning tower of Pisa today ! And ate three cups of gelato... mint, fruit roll up, and chocolate. Amazing. SO... my train incident. Luckily, I was traveling with Evelyn from Ireland at the time so I wasnt alone. We were sitting on the train about halfway to Pisa when two young guys get on at one of the stops. One of them didnt buy a ticket and is going around asking everyone [View Full Entry]

By lyck
June 3rd 2009

Day twenty - Olio e filtro Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa

Tårnet

Vi vågnede allerede omkring kl. 7 og var egentlig udhvilede så vi spiste og gik op til receptionen da de åbner og beder dem ringe til mekanikeren der også er autoriseret Peugeot og Citroën forhandler så det må være i orden. Der bliver aftalt kl. 14.30 - lige efter siesta. Vi beslutter os for at køre til Pisa med det samme da vi regner med at det sagtens kan nås inden halv 3. Vi sætter GPS’en til at køre direkte til tårnet da rygterne siger der ikke er så meget andet at se. Vi finder en parkeringsplads få hundrede meter derfra [View Full Entry]

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