Grand Hotel And La Pace, A Leading Hotels Of The World Montecatini Terme

On our way north, from Rome, towards the Italian Riviera we made just a slight detour to Pisa to see the famous Torre Pendente (leaning tower). We're here to tell you, it is in fact leaning and we weren't interested in climbing to the top to see if we could get it to lean any more (and trust us, with the amount of pasta, vino, formaggio, etc. combined with the large amounts of tourists at the top of this structure... you never know). But ...

... 8230; and couldn’t find a park… jagged a disabled spot and thought we could always rip mick’s leg off if we got questioned.. Made a dash about 500metres up the road to see the leaning tower… it really is leaning!!… then quickly back to ensure the car was not towed away… back on the road heading north to Porotvenere..

Tuscan Hills

The drive from Venice to Tuscany was eventful (as always). First we wanted to see the Adriatic Sea.. We knew we were near the coast but finding a road which led to the sea was not so easy… even our sat nav lady Shirley couldn’t seem to find the sea… all we wanted was enough sea to put the feet in and say we had been to the Adriatic Sea… please note wet feet in venice the day before could not be counted as Adriatic Sea ...

... I had been told that the end of the hike was the best part, finishing with a beach that is more than welcome after a tough hike in the sun. We didn’t finish the hike until almost 7 and it had rained a little… not exactly encouraging us to jump in the water. So instead we got a bottle of wine and watched the thunderstorm that was brewing offshore. I even got a couple lightning photos because I’m that ...

... too, and it really contributed to the experience. We also toured the Pitti Palace and stumbled upon some famous art we didn't even know was there. Among the cheap wine and free food, we learnt cool facts about this medieval place and the ruling of the Medici family. Also, (we didn't go into any) but Florence most likey has the best shoe shopping in the world. And a shoe museum. Just saying......Italy was off to a sweet start.

Now.. your Rome update!

Jus and Mur

... writing. It was pretty one sided through the game, with the field seeming to be sloped towards the Russian goal. The final score was Spain 3 - Russia 0. The music from the next hotel over was incredibly loud tonight. Dad actually went down to the front desk to talk to the owner about moving us to a different room. Apparently the police can not be called until midnight. Thing about this is that the waiting staff begins their work in our hotel right below our room at around 6:30 in the ...

... and gems. one harpsichord had over 1900 semi-precious and precious gemstones on it and it was gorgeous. of course the main attraction is the statue of David. the statue is a lot bigger than i thought it was going to be and amazingly carved. Michaelangelo asked the church if he could use this giant block of marble they weren't using. they said yes and that became David holding the sling he used to kill Goliath. after the ...

... to meet Libby to show us where the food was. There's this place where you drink 1 euro glasses of wine and 1 euro little sandwiches and once you've had your fill, you go pay. There is also a pizzeria nearby but I think Libby was so excited by her sandwiches she didn't give us the best directions. But we did find it eventually and they did have some yummy pizza. After getting fed, we headed to the Uffizi, but the line was huge, so we thought ...

... square. All you have to do is hold out your hand, empty or otherwise and you've got pigeons all over you. Add some bird seed to that hand and you've got a feeding frenzy a little more crazy than the morning sparrows. People with pigeons sitting on their heads, shoulders, five in each hand, and then another few dozen trying to find a place to land. A little girl today had a pigeon on her head for about a half hour while feeding the pigeons, little children walking around ...