Grand Continental Hotel Pisa

... market (without the sampling) with lots of lovery deli's, cafe's and patisseries. Ofcourse we had to buy the local pastry called a buccellato which is kind of a cross between a biscuit and a fruit loaf... yummy with the morning coffee.<br><br>Before too long Kim pointed out her favorite bar from last time and pull me in to join her in a wine or 3. The tapas were as good as Kim had ...

... one was also closed, but there were no hours on the doors. Tara had said that she wanted to go bike riding but this time on her own bike which she handled quite well and we rode twice around the wall then walked back to the playground which the girls had seen everytime we rode around the town. On the way home we decided to look for a ...

Just realized those not on facebook haven't seen pictures from Pisa and Florence. No long recap of Anthony and I's weekend in Tuscany, for obvious reasons. Also note that "Anthony and Alison's Great Adventure" was like taking a knife.<br><br>Love you guys! :)<br>

I have resolved to try and keep this blog more up-to-date.<br>So much has happened since late July that i wont even start writing it down, but to summarise our drive as follows:<br>Arcachon<br>Bordeaux<br>Flo rac (Ardeche)<br>Montpellier where the family ...

Buon Giorno! This morning we arrived in Italy! Livorno to be exact! Italy's third largest seaport. The port city for Pisa, Florence and the Tuscan region! Our tour of choice - Pisa! Gotta see "The Field of Miracles"! <br><br>The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the cathedral ...

... of my trip that didn&#8217;t require a reservation, so I had to buy a ticket when I got to the train station. They had some very easy-to-use automatic ticket machines. They had touch screens and I just had to press "English" and it popped up a list of common destinations. Florence was one of them, so I just selected t hat and it showed me a list of departure times. There was one in 10 minutes, so I chose that one and put in my 5 Euros. And it printed out a ...

... asleep immediately from what I could tell. There were actually quite a few people further down at a different entrance, so we definitely weren&#8217;t alone. This time, I thought, we&#8217;d finally caught a break &#8211; until the sprinklers started. Yeah.<br><br>We moved to a concrete bench and survived until the airport finally opened, much to our relief. It was actually pretty chilly outside, compounded by the surprise sprinkler attack, so we warmed up inside and the girls slept for ...

... a little bit as you go from one side of the tower to the other. But the view is great and it's even better when it's a clear day like it was on Friday. Jackie and I kept on taking pictures of Jenah, who didn't want to shell out the money (can't really blame her). And it really tilts. But the one thing I was surprised about was just how beautiful the area of the tower, basilica, and ...

... to go back to Florence, but Alina and I decided to go see more of Pisa, and then go to Livorno, as planned. We went and saw the old tower of the entrance to the city, a small park, and some ancient ruins. It was awesome. It started to drizzle a little, but stopped. We went back to the train station, and caught the 3:34 train to Livorno, it took about 20 minutes to get there. We then bought our ticket for home awhile ...

... if you have ever seen pictures or video of the Shewolf statue that is in Italy, I know there are supposed to be a few, but one of them is behind the tower. I was excited to find it. Pisa was a neat tourist place to stop. It was a higlight of my trip, I know I am so awful. I do like some touristy stuff. But if you want to take that picture and maybe buy some prada sunglasses, it's a must see in Italy.