{"id":991,"date":"2009-10-06T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=991"},"modified":"2009-10-18T23:58:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T21:58:36","slug":"exploring-pisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2009\/10\/exploring-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Pisa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francesco pointed me in the direction of the leaning tower in the morning and I went there while he went off to study at his university. The tower leaned like it does in the pictures. I refrained from taking the classic tourist photo of me supporting the tower or trying to push it over. This was partly because, in my opinion, it’s a little cheesy and overdone, and partly because I was no-friends Cris and didn’t have anybody to take a picture of me. Granted, I could have asked the many tourists around me.<\/p>\n

\"Where<\/a> \"It<\/a> \"Signs<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: The leaning tower of Pisa sure does lean but don’t take my word for it, go and see it yourself.<\/p>\n

What I liked about the tower was the surroundings. Ok, that’s not quite true. The tower was nice and it did lean impressively but it’s harder to appreciate something when it becomes a tourist attraction. The tower is surrounded by pretty buildings and lots of grass. I went and lazed on the grass and watched the tower lean. It paid me no attention. I wasn’t expecting any.<\/p>\n

I caught up with Francesco and some of his friends for lunch. We had Calzone<\/a> at a little stall. They were filled with normal pizza topping but also had a rice filling. A strange mix but tasty.<\/p>\n

\"Cris<\/a> \"Cris<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Cris eating Calzone with Italians.<\/p>\n

I wandered around for a few more hours before heading back to Francesco’s flat and getting lost not more than 50 m from it. In the evening, him and I headed out into town and met two couch surfing lasses. At first we thought they were crazy but then we realised that they were crazy but in a good way.<\/p>\n

We had a drink and food at one of them dinky little Italian things whose name I can’t remember. For 5 Euros we got a couple of plates of food and a drink. Good value and tasty. Francesco and the girls talked in rapid Italian pausing occasionally to translate the exciting bits. Later we went for a walk to check that the tower was doing ok. It was.<\/p>\n

\"Us<\/a> \"Giulia,<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Cris, Francesco, and the couch surfing gals Giulia and Eleonora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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