We were in a rush! We ran to the train station, jumped aboard and we were off to Pisa.
The train ride was a little boring because I was thinking about the fact that I haven't touched a basketball in 8 days. When we finally got to Pisa we walked around the area for a while. The streets were beautiful, as are most of the streets I've been on in Italy. I love the cobblestones. We walked for a little bit longer and then decided to go to the leaning tower.
I could see the top of the tower from the end of the street. It's actually an abandoned bell tower from the 1100s. Back then, the soil around the tower was clay. They built the first three floors and then started noticing a lean in the tower. They left the soil for 100 years so it would harden. Exactly 100 years later, they started building again, up to the seventh floor. But the lean would always be there.
Embarrassingly, I bought a selfie stick. Okay, okay I know what you're going to say. “Why the hell did I buy a selfie stick?" It was only to capture the landscape; and to take some awesome selfies. Plus, I was curious because in Rome literally every second person had one. 24 selfies later, we walked around the market area. Everything was leaning. Even the cups that the people were selling. I wouldn recommend a selfie stick, they're really annoying after about half an hour.
It was a great day!!! After walking so much our feet were sore, we took the train back to Florence, where my mm begged me for a foot massage. Of course I said yes (after bargaining for extra time on the iPad.)
The train ride was a little boring because I was thinking about the fact that I haven't touched a basketball in 8 days. When we finally got to Pisa we walked around the area for a while. The streets were beautiful, as are most of the streets I've been on in Italy. I love the cobblestones. We walked for a little bit longer and then decided to go to the leaning tower.
I could see the top of the tower from the end of the street. It's actually an abandoned bell tower from the 1100s. Back then, the soil around the tower was clay. They built the first three floors and then started noticing a lean in the tower. They left the soil for 100 years so it would harden. Exactly 100 years later, they started building again, up to the seventh floor. But the lean would always be there.
Embarrassingly, I bought a selfie stick. Okay, okay I know what you're going to say. “Why the hell did I buy a selfie stick?" It was only to capture the landscape; and to take some awesome selfies. Plus, I was curious because in Rome literally every second person had one. 24 selfies later, we walked around the market area. Everything was leaning. Even the cups that the people were selling. I wouldn recommend a selfie stick, they're really annoying after about half an hour.
It was a great day!!! After walking so much our feet were sore, we took the train back to Florence, where my mm begged me for a foot massage. Of course I said yes (after bargaining for extra time on the iPad.)
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