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January 11th 2013
Itsa meee, Christopher! Day 30 - Pisa and Lucca, Italy - Jan 11th, 2013 So one of my main Incentives to travel to Florence was becasue everyone I've met told me to go, but mostley because it is an Hour outside of Pisa so I will be taking a Day Trip to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa!!! The coolest dude ever Yuri, who runs the Hostel that I'm at, was nice enough to make a reservation for me to go on the Pisa a and Luca Tour. After nearly missing the Tour Bus, I was on my way first to Luca. I sat next to the Driver and he was super friendly to me after I told him my Mom was born in Chili since he was Chilean, and told me that the fashion show ... read more
October 24th 2012
Almost 25 years since our last cruise so about time we had another! Our first cruise was in the Med. too, but involved a flight to Naples then cruising around Italy and up to Venice. Ports of call included Sardinia, Corfu, and Dubrovnik. It was all very luxurious (especially since it was free!) and something we promised ourselves we would repeat. So here we are, setting off with P&O Cruises from Southampton on November 5th calling in at Gibralter, Alicante, Toulon, Pisa, Rome and Barcelona before arriving back at Southampton on 19th November. Restricted internet availability will hopefully not prevent regular postings, and with any luck this could be a rehearsal for a larger cruise "around the world"!... read more
October 11th 2012
Sorry. Learning how to blob and missed a few clicks. so they should be more regular now. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent inside churches and museums where no pictures were allowed so not too muchg to say. Went to San Lorenzo church, Uffizi (about 5 hours! Lots of pictures in 50 rooms on 2 floors), Accedemia (David), and the Palazzo Piti with the Boboli Gardens. We are pretty tired so taking the day off museums tomorrow.... read more
October 11th 2012
Went to Pisa and climbed the tower today. Then went to Lucca and it started raining about 15 minuites after we got there and it was pretty hard so we did not see much. The train tickets are cheap so what the ... Still a long day with 3 hours on the train. At least it was sitting and not standing looking at paintings.... read more
August 19th 2012
Today was all about balance. - Firstly we had to balance our time. We drove over to Pisa which is a long way from Montone. We booked tickets to climb the leaning tower and we then drove to a little town nearby called Lucca where we hired push bikes. We had to finish with the bikes in time to get back for our climb. We then had to see if we had enough time without feeling too rushed to get back to Montone for the closing parade of the week's festivities. We actually made it back with loads of time because we had forgotten that Italy runs to a different clock. The 5pm start was really 6 pm and no one seemed to notice. - We had to balance on the bikes in Lucca. Riding a ... read more
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August 4th 2012
After leaving the hostel in Corniglia, I had lots of time to make my way to La Spezia for my train to Pisa. I got on the bus to the train station, got a ticket at the train station, and took a train to La Spezia. I met three Canadians along the way; a girl in her 20s and her parents were traveling to Florence. It's really nice having the Canadian flag on my bags, because it starts so many conversations that way. I've only been mistaken for American once or twice, when I didn't have that Maple Leaf showing prominently. ;) In La Spezia, I had two hours to kill. There was a McDonalds there, so I got a meal, and made myself comfortable. More than an hour later, I made my way to the ... read more
July 28th 2012
Sorry for the lack of updates, we've been without computers for awhile, and my phone is not the best way to update a blog. After we left Marbella, we stayed in Sevilla, Spain for about 4 days. Sasha was very sick so we didn't do much of anything (which was fine by me) while we were in town. It was nice to sleep in, not really go anywhere, read (I finished a massive book!), and just be lazy bums. It was also nice that we had a 4 bed dormroom to ourselves, especially since Sasha's hacking and coughing would be enough to put anyone off. When we did venture out, it was to go to the post office - some of you will be getting some postcards - or to get something to eat. On our ... read more
Leaning into Pisa & exploring more Florence!
Published: August 21st 2012Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa
July 11th 2012
Up again nice and earlyish to get our train to pisa to explore. We had a very average breakie at the hotel this am so were awaiting a good coffee when we arrived. So we wandered to the train station and met ben and kate at the station to catch our train. Took us a while to figure out how to actually buy tickets there but good ol be had it sorted eventually and on we hopped. It was only an hour to get there which flew by, literally with the speed of those trains! When we arrived we had no idea where we were headed cos we expected to see this giant leaning thing in the sky! We did not...so we found coffee! Potentially the most expensively not nice coffee wev had all trip but ... read more
June 12th 2012
The bustle of Pisa is in the background of my current hostel, cars and horns and italians talking and occasionally a bird tweeting. My hostel is five minutes from the big square of miracles where you will find the Tower, the church and so on. The Tower is quite impressive, the architecture giving me goose bumps. Or maybe that was just the 50 vendors selling their same products within the square! I don't know if I will ever become accustomed to that sight. Beyond the Tower though, there isnt really much. I had been given a bit of advice to not stop overnight, to leave my luggage at the train station and stop over for about three hours or so. However, with my hostel booked and my recent digestive disaster this week, I thought Pisa would ... read more
June 2nd 2012
So arrived to lovely 27° weather, feels like heaven after the dreary UK. Easy check through immigration and onto the city bus to get into the centre. Arrive at piazza deign miracoll and quickly locate my hostel. The girl at the desk has trouble understanding me and Im a bit annoyed my room is more expensive than on hostel bookers even with accommodation tax. i get a lecture about not stealing the padlock or keys and am finally allowed to my room. I quickly change for the weather and head out. 2mins later at the leaning tower. I forgo the standard pose of holding it up as Im trying to blend in. Put some music on and wander down to the canal. Quick stop of melon gelato.which there will be many more of. Lots of random ... read more
