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Days 11 and 12: Pisa, Florence and Rome
I combined yesterday and today because, well, quite frankly we were too drunk last night for me to post. I'd say "Sorry Mom," but she was the drunkest of us! :) So yesterday, Tom, Dad, Mom, Carleigh and I hopped a train out to Pisa, because Mom and CJ hadn't seen the leaning tower yet, and the rest of us loved the town and really wanted to go back. Pisa, by the way, is so adorable. The town itself is small but so very Italian with its little ...
Livorno, Italy
We woke up this morning and found ourselves in Livorno, Italy, the port city for Florence. It was amazing how smoothly the ship sailed overnight. I never even realized we were moving, nor did I feel any vibration as the ship docked. Pretty impressive!
After a buffet breakfast in the Oceanview, we showered shaved and met up with the group at 10:00 dockside for our morning adventure. We decided we would take it a bit easy today, and we hired a cab ...
Rock Slides, Earth Quakes and Floods
... the train. Nothing to see here, since the train goes through the mountain tunnels.
Later on we arrived at another town only to learn that they had experinced an earthquake 1 hour earlier (no damanges reported). The next town we arrived in, experienced an hour long torential downpour. We were having lunch at the time so we kept dry (on the outside anyway since the wine ...
Tuscany Baby
... was broad enough to save the town from WWII bombing devastation. Our group broke into several smaller groups as the 10 of us drifted around the building. Several walked right past the “most beautiful” painting and had to circle back to find it. Apparently it was not beautiful enough to stop us in our tracks. Sansapolcro also had an interesting herb museum. Most of the herbs smelled like ancient dust, but the presentation was lovely. Our lunch out was an Italian version ...
I am in Cinque Terre heaven !!!!
... had great pizza and chatted with some aussies from Sydney who had just arrived. The villages are so picturesque with their colourful homes, squares with trattorias and stone churches. Nath and I had a gelato icecream….soooo good as we wandered around. We decide to catch the 40 minute boat back to the first cinque village of Riomaggiore for 8 E each. ...
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