Today we decided to make a day trip to Pisa, of Leaning Tower fame. It's about a 70km trip and the TomTom decided to provide us with the most scenic route ever. Driving around the Tuscan countryside really is a spectacular experience. Today Pisa is a large and somewhat messy city, but in the center the old walled city of Pisa is preserved. The first glance as you approach through the gate in the city wall is simply breathtaking - a huge grassed area featuring a number of old buildings dating back over 900 years including the leaning tower of Pisa, or as the Italians call it the Torre Pedente. If you point a camera in the general direction it is impossible to take a bad picture.
It's not till you get close to the base of the tower that you realise how much it is actually leaning.
Once again an unbelievable day, one of many we've experience in the past few weeks. Tomorrow we leave Tuscany to travel to Amalfi our last destination of the holiday. After a four days there we head for Rome and the ride home to Australia.
Pisa is my best place in Italy. I was couple of times there and liked equally every time. Thank you!!
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