Hotel Ac Pisa

We arrived from Lucca just in time for a sublime sunset... it was like the sky was on fire!! See photos!!<br>I was a bit pooped so I opted to stay in the scoobs reading and relaxing while Kim headed into the village to scope it out. <br>Next morning started with a beautiful sunrise which was quickly replaced by some storm clouds. Fortunatly the storm passed over without parting with a drop of rain and we had sun again when we both headed ...

Kim had taken her grandma to Lucca last November and had fallen in love with the place. <br><br>We found a park not far from the city walls and then headed in for a look. We came across a chocolate festival in one of the piazzas and sampled a few beforw buying a hot cocolate drink...literally hot chocolate in a cup. It made me feel a bit sick.<br><br>Walking Lucca is like a big ...

... 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 ...

... is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) after the Duomo (cathedral) and the Baptistery of Giovanni. <br><br>Although intended to stand vertically, the tower began leaning to the southeast soon after the onset of construction in 1173 due to a poorly laid foundation and loose substrate that has allowed the foundation to shift direction. The tower presently leans to the southwest.<br><br>Our ...

... bags of food and proceeds to feed my boys from her bags for the whole time we are together. She knows I understand, but can not speak the language. It does not matter, she tells me her whole life story and my boys are on the best behavior that they have been in a compartment. Partly, the food, and partly because they adore her.<br><br>She tells me of all the towns we must visit and if we did, we would miss ...

... to do the leaning tower pose to show that we we're strong enough to hold the darned thing up. Hehehe. The fact is, in May 2008, after the removal of 70 metric tons (77 shorttons) of earth from underneath the raised end., engineers announced that the Tower had been ...

... in Italian! We got ourselves situated,ate a wonderful lunch and then took a nap. When we woke up we took showers and headed off to take a stroll around Luca for the night. Patricia showed us many old churches and towers, and gave us many details about the history of Luca. It was amazing. They are currently having anniversary shows in honor of opera singer, Giacommo Puccini every night in Luca. They last about an hour long, and always have ...

... families meet up before dinner. Children were chasing pigeons around the grass. Then we had dinner at a sidewalk family run restaurant, very traditional. We saw the whole family come in and out of the restaurant to eat dinner that night - fun to see a little slice of family life in Italy. We were finally getting into vacation mode!!