Hello, everyone! Sorry for the delay in the blog posts, I've been off enjoying my life in Europe. Here's the second part to my Italia adventures: Pisa!
Although we stayed in Florence for four days, we took a day trip to Pisa which was an excellent decision on our part. What a fun day! It was only an hours train ride away (and we managed to make our train...funny story about that in the Florence edition).
We got off the train and this was one of the first sights we saw. Just look how beautiful it is! I love all the architecture in Italy. It looks like something right off of a postcard.
So we continued to walk for about ten minutes and out of nowhere we see it: the leaning tower of Pisa!
This was a church next to the tower. Beautiful area!
Now of course we had to get our tourist photos. That was essentially the main reason for going after all. Another bucket list item for the books!
We wanted to go up the tower, but it was...wait for it...18 EUROS. 18. THAT'S A ONE FOLLOWED BY AN 8. We decided to pass on that because we're poor college kids. And no they did not even have a student discount. I asked.
After the tower we decided to get some food. On our way we met this very sweet German family (we ran into them because they had dogs and well we are major dog lovers). Both the husband and wife were lawyers and they were very interested to hear about our studies and our travels. They were so sweet. One of my favorite parts about traveling is meeting new people and sharing experiences with them. Their dogs were cute too.
Then we got a nice lunch and found this hilarious photo in our restaurant. It was essentially Meg reincarnated. Needless to say we have been giving each other this look for days now.
After having a delicious meal, we decided to walk around the town until we had to catch our train back to Florence. I came across this street jeweler (yes, I was trapped by jewelry. Shocker, I know). He makes all of his jewelry out of silverware! How cool is that? I was reluctant to spend my money on it, but it was so beautiful. He was such a nice man. He let us try stuff on without overly encouraging us to buy anything (which is rare from street vendors in Europe let me tell you). Of course we all ended up buying something (don't regret it) and he insisted on taking photos with us!
Apparently this was my reaction about taking photos with a stranger. Oh well he was hilarious and the bracelet was a great souvenir from Italy!
Before we knew it, it was time to head back to Florence. I managed to snap this beautiful photo on my way. One of my favorite pics I've taken thus far. Looks like Paradise. I never want to leave Europe.
Well there you have it folks. This was a brief, but enjoyable day trip to Pisa. Stay tuned for a longer description about my stay in Florence, arguably one of my favorite cities visited thus far.
xoxo, Taylor.
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