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Published: October 7th 2008
Train
Here's me and my ticket on my first solo adventure!The weekend of October 3-5, 2008 I went to Pisa on Friday and the Cinque Terre Friday afternoon through Sunday. This entry is going to be my Friday excursions because I just have too many pictures to put all in one...so, On Friday I left for Pisa at 7:30am... I wake up earlier to travel than I do for school: this is a sad realization. This train ride was not bad, but was very annoying because I had to transfer 3 times to get to Pisa. On the train I mostly slept and read, but that was about it, pretty uneventful. Once I landed in Pisa I went strait to the Duomo forum because that is what I went to see and honestly even the travel book don't really recommend anything else. Walking to the leaning tower was pretty neat because I was just walking along the street and then all of a suddent there was the Arno River. It looked just like a postcard with the river and colorful houses lining both sides. One thing I noticed about Pisa is that it is very calm; it wasn't noisy and the people were very nice, there were also many bike riders.
The Arno
The Arno River in Pisa I didn't see many people until I reached the forum that held the leaning bell tower, the baptistry and the Basilica. I was a pretty amazing site! I walked around outside all the buildings for about 45 minutes, stopped in a bathroom that I had to pay for, bought some postcards, took lots of pictures and was then on my way back to the train station. Total I think I was in Pisa for about one and a half hours. Most people would ask if that was enough time...honestly if I had more money I probably would have entered the Basilica and climbed the tower, but I really didn't feel like I was missing out.
Once I reached the train station I bought my ticket to Riomaggiore, the southern most town of the Cinque Terre!
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