Blogs from Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe - page 8

After a hearty breakfast that included lovely fresh eggs, fruit (and cornetti for Jake), we headed back to our car to take the drive to Pisa and visit the famous leaning bell tower. Pisa is about an hour away from Firenze, with most of the drive time getting out of the city and also navigating into Pisa. There were not many tourists at the attraction, which made it easy for us to walk around and see the beautifully kept tower. It is very clean and looks incredible against the backdrop of the Duomo - how can it stand when it leans like it does? We tried to get tickets to climb the bell tower, but the wait was nearly 3 hours. Also, Emily would not be allowed to climb as she is too young at 7. ... read more

I strongly believe in not talking about plans until they are set in stone. That is only why I just mentioned that we were going to buy tickets to Pisa. Luckily, everything turned out as planned (doesn’t happen often here!) and we got to spend the day there without a hitch. To describe myself as “happy” would be an understatement. At 9:15am yesterday my 2 roommates and I met up with 2 other girls, one of them from St. Bonaventure, at the MiniMetro station. We took that to the train station, bought tickets from Perugia to Pisa Centrale. They were 14.75E both ways. Not bad! The train took us from Perugia 2 hours north to Florence, where we got off, ran to get a snack, and then ran to another train going to Pisa. The next ... read more

Monday, 24th October 2011 Florence was our next stop after Milan. Casa Di Barbano was where we would be spending our next 2 nights in this renaissance city. Our url=http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/ShowUserReviews-g187895-d597091-r119858784-Casa_Di_Barbano-Florence_Tuscany.htmlB&B was located within 15 minutes walk from the train station where the owner was already eagerly waiting for us that afternoon. "Welcome to the city of Florence and welcome to my home!" Casa greeted us with her infectious smile. She went on to share with us her love of this beautiful city and suggested the many places we could visit during our stay with them. Indeed if time was never the issue, we would have followed her travel advices. Already in our pipeline were planned visits to the Leaning Tower of Pisa as well as the Space Outlet ... read more

Kisse sokaig tartott osszehozni ezt a beszamolot, de vegul csak raszantam magam, mert szeretnek par helyet es ettermet bemutatni, melyeket mindenkeppen erdemes folkeresni :) Augusztus kozepen egy angol baratommal Olaszorszagba latogattunk, ahova mindig orommel terek vissza. Veronaba repultunk, mivel volt jegyunk az Arenaba, es egyuttal megneztuk a varost. Eleg meleg volt (szokas szerint), igy a remek olasz fagyi meg a hideg innivalo sosem volt eleg. Az etterem nevere itt nem emlekszem, valahol kozel az Arenahoz van egy mellekutcaban, es igen erdekes fogasokat sikerul valasztanunk: pizzat vekonyra szeletelt szalonnaval es egy zoldseggel, amit angolul chard-nak hivnak, es lilas arnyalatu salatalevelnek neveznem, enyhen kesernyes izzel. Igazabol mikor rendeltem, nem voltam benne biztos, de nem volt rossz. Persze sok sajttal :) A masik erdekesseg a bocciolo pizza, ami rozsabimbot jele... read more

Now I hate to think of myself as ‘that’ type of tourist, you know the type, travels to a country and whilst there goes on a day trip to a place and then says they have “been there” when they haven’t really had any time to absorb the place or culture but with Pisa I was guilty of that sin. After only a 1 hour train journey from Florence we arrived in Pisa, when we first set foot off the train there was a map outside the station, I had a look to try to find our route to the world famous leaning tower but someone had helpfully scratched off the names of the streets to get there, luckily for me it was pretty easy to find. Pisa, near the train station anyway, is not the ... read more