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Days 11 and 12: Pisa, Florence and Rome
... those jackasses are everywhere. We kept walking and decided we had to get back to the train station to make our train. Two minutes later, Carleigh sees something shiny on the ground. Yep. A Euro dime. Every one of us got chills to the bone, and it took a while for mom to catch control. Love you Grandpa, glad you could join us in Miracle Square. Once we got back to the apartment, CJ had to do school work and I was feeling like relaxing with ...
Livorno, Italy
... of shopping. I have yet to make a major purchase…. That will come with time…
After Pisa, it was back to Livorno in our cab. Carol, Bob, Paul, and I decided to have the cab drop us off in the center of town while the others opted to go back to the ship. Once in town, we walked around Livorno, although it was a bit deserted on this Sunday afternoon. We did, however, find a nice small Italian restaurant and had some excellent pasta, ...
Boats, walks, sore calves and Fuji Moto
... In between, there are some flat parts where you can take in the sublime views of the coastline and great scenery in general. It was a beautiful walk and quite busy so you often had to stand aside on the very narrow pathways, exchanging phrases of gratitude which extended from "thank you", to "Grazie", "Merci" or "Danke Schone", etc (excuse the spelling) depending on your guess at the nationality of the tourists passing by.
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Day Five - Pisa and Lucca
Up and out for a full day touring round Pisa and Lucca. The journey to Pisa was very short, and although we were caught with light rain showers we managed to get to town without getting soaked. Mauro dropped us off as close to the centre of Pisa as possible, and from the car park we caught a little electric train to the main tourist area. Through the usual tourist tat stalls we walked, and then around a corner I got my first ...
"You may have the universe if I may have Italy."
... We organized our tip for him (Tauck recommends $3-5 per person per day.)
As we headed north, we passed a series of rock formations that looked like the Rockies with a spring snow on them. Instead, they were actually white marble quarries; much of the world’s marble is mined here and almost all of it is processed here. The Liguria region is known ...