Hotel Roseto Pisa
Via Mascagni, 24 Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
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Lunch in the Rain
Italian Quote: Anni e bicchieri di vino non si contano mai (Age and glasses of wine should never be counted)
Siena Italy
- where do I start? The day dawned cool and gray and we drove to Siena
from Soriano with anticipation, having never been there before. As we parked outside the city walls and began the walk towards the hillside fortress of Siena
's walls, a light drizzle began to fall and we instinctively picked up ...
Tuscany on the lean
... Although, we can understand that it would have cost a lot to build such a road with so many bridges and tunnels through all that mountainous terrain, and we appreciated it all the more not having had to take the original long and winding way through all that weather - however it was still an unpleasant shock.
On the way to Pisa we saw a few rather white mountains, and were very surprised to realise that they were made of marble. There was a yard ...
Alessandro finds us!
... quite amazing) tower, cathedral, cemetery etc. Pisa is not well loved by its neighbouring towns such as Ale's Viareggio; as a one time powerful city state that did not do well by its neighbours, Pisa still evokes negative feelings centuries later. Even though I was prepared to be underwhelmed by the icon of the tower that every child seems to know about, the amount of lean is quite stunning and messes with ...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
... of Florence. Many streets are blocked off to cars so it's quite pleasant to just wander around. We crossed the Ponte Vecchio (translated to Old Bridge). It definitely lives up to its name. It's the only surviving medieval bridge across the Arno River, and is noted for still having shops along it. This was normally the case in medieval days. The current shops are mainly jewellery stores but they were ...



