Ac Pisa

... . I used to read those books to death. I wonder where they are now..... anyway i digress. I was really excited about seeeing Pisa. To say i was disappionted is a little bit of an understatement. Yes it leans and probably will fall over at some point but i ...

Pisa, ...

... the river sandwiched both ends of the big soccer match (Champions League semifinal between Inter Milan and AC Milan)-another relaxing evening in Italy! Our night in Pisa was followed by a rental car tour of Tuscany, including the wine region and old ...

... we decided to veer off our planned itinerary and took a   day trip over to a little town known to the locals as Pisa. It is an unassuming university town with lots of shopping areas, restaurants, and this big tower. This tower is 7 stories and was ...

... our ride was only 30 minutes, it wouldn't be that big of a problem). Well the ride ended up being an hour and fifteen minutes to Pisa, and a hot one at that. When we were about to pull up to the station, we caught a glimpse of the top of the Leaning ...

... direction of the Field of Miracles.   The Field of Miracles (where all, and I do mean all, the noteworthy sites are in Pisa) is not right near the train station.  It's about a mile north of the station, across the Arno River.  Not really ...

... starting to joke about developing an allergy to churches. But that thing about the Campo Dei Miracoli being the only thing in Pisa is most definitely a lie, because I found something far more interesting, at least to me personally: the ruins of Roman ...

... and Baluardos but very much smaller. After taking out the daily rubbish we made our way to the train station and caught the 7.09am train to Pisa and then on to Grosseto …all in all a train trip of about 2 hrs. The sun was just making it’s way ...

... of the trip he said and Jacob had ravioli. The next day we went on a tour bus to 3 little towns Siena, San Gimignano, and Pisa. At Siena we saw a really cool church that made me feel like I was Alice in Wonderland and a place they do a big horse race ...

... looked like tar, it lifted her for about half an hour and then destroyed her for the rest of the day, she felt so sick. Pisa was such a disappointment really. We didnt see alot of it but it was like a ghosttown except tourists. The tower and area near it ...

... ice cream. It was the best I have ever had. We came in early tonight since we are tired for the long travels. Also, we have to get up early to take in all the sites tomorrow. Then its off to Pisa and Rome on Wednesday. Well, thats it for now, so ...

... . The construction of the towers dates back to the 11th and 13th centuries. The architecture of the city was influenced by Pisa, Siena and Florence. There are 14th century paintings of the Sienese School to be seen and 15th century paintings of the ...

... trip.   Hiking the Cinque Terre is definitely a great experience, and will be one of the highlights of my time in Italy.  Next up, I'm heading to Pisa and Lucca (an ancient walled city), and from there to Tuscany and the hill towns.  ...

... stations and all the luggage had to be carried up and down tons of stairs many times. We will plan some trips to Florence, Pisa, Venice and Zermatt.  Alex really wants to see SICILY where grandma was born.  It is a long ferry and down at the ...

... a poco no... cuando cualquier bicho supera determinado tamaño -que depende del valor de cada quien- ya hasta pisarlos da miedo, digo cualquiera pisa una araña... pero una tarántula??? En fin, yo he pisado hasta ratones -1 sin querer y otro si queriendo ...

... 7.  This time Ryanair had a $150 per-person round-trip fare.  We were in business.   Three-hour drive to Pisa, 90-minute flight to Barcelona Girona, hour bus ride into the city, twenty-minute cab ride to the hotel, fifteen minute walk to ...

... on the I-40? Who knows. But just a mile down the road was this old water tower that was leaning worse than that tower in Pisa. Why? Who knows – there is no swamp land here, and no sand. Just a few interesting things to keep you from falling asleep ...

... and I've made good friends and felt like I've seen a lot. It's amazing really.  I've been to Assisi, Ravenna, Bologna, Pisa, Lucca, Siena, San Gimignano, and Rome all in about a month and a half.  That's 8 cities in Italy! It's really ...

... still a wackload of tourists. I think I heard more english on the streets than Italian. For our second day we took a day trip to Pisa to see that good ol´leaning tower, and came back to see the museum with the famous statue of David. We rolled into ...