Destination #8 Pisa, Italy

Pisa was a nice Tuscan town that resembled Florence somewhat in its atmosphere. I grabbed a fresh baked Italian waffle (I think that it may be a Tuscan thing because they were not in Milan or Venice) for a late breakfast and walked across the Arno to get to the Leaning Tower.

The leaning tower of Pisa was an impressive building that actually gained its lean by the engineers choosing a plot of land where the soil had uneven consistency. I took some pictures and walked around the rest of the complex including the Pisa Duomo, old city walls and some other Renaissance Era buildings. I went to go buy a ticket to enter the tower, but the only way you could enter was by joining a tour. The next tour was not until 12:40, and by the time it would end, I would miss my train so I was unable to climb to the top of the tower. I joined another tour group and tried to sneak inside the tower with them, but I was caught along the way and could not get in.

As impressive as the Leaning Tower was, there is not much else to Pisa. The whole city revolves around the tower including all of the major monuments being right next tower (which originally was supposed to be the bell tower for the Duomo), the museums related to it, and also the souvenirs joined this theme such as the leaning mugs and shot glasses of Pisa which were tilted as the same angle as the tower. I bought some gifts for my siblings at a gift shop and then ate some Pisa pizza for lunch. After lunch, I walked back to the train station to catch a train to Lucca.