Our day in Pisa

I guess any post regarding Pisa, Italy would not be complete without a trip to see the famous Leaning Tower,

and we did walk over a couple of times since it was an easy stroll from our hotel.

There are several other buildings on what is called The Square of Miracles.
Tom seen here walking in front of the beautiful Baptistery. A place where baptisms took place. Notice two things: That the Baptistery is also leaning since it was constructed on the same unstable ground as the tower, and that there are no crowds. Having stayed overnight we were able to walk over before the buses had arrived.

This is a shot inside the Camposanto which sits also on the square and was built in 1277 to accommodate tombs.

and of course there is the beautiful Duomo. I got a kick out of this picture. Tom was gazing up at the tower. I refer to it as "Leaning Tom".

Later in the day we returned and the crowds had arrived. Which even a block away you wouldn't notice.

So we decided to take a different way back to the hotel, and not fight our way back through the crowds, which doesn't always translate to a shortcut.

 We did stumble onto Piazzas dei Cavalieri,

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where there was a vintage car show going on.

Along the way, I got a kick out of this mailbox. Maybe installing one of these would cut down on junk mail? Our different way back to the hotel ended up being over 8,000 steps according to our friend's app on his phone. Me oh my was I ever tired,

 but watching the sun set over Pisa from our hotel's little rooftop deck was the perfect way to relax.

But wait!. Now for the real adventure. We depart Pisa in a rental car....oh my this could get scary!

The scariest part was trying to get all of our luggage in the car. Thankfully they all fit in like pieces of a puzzle...and off we go headed north to the Cinque Terra!