Pisa, Italy

We woke up extremely early on Sunday morning, and attempted to catch the very first bus to the Venice train station. Unfortunately, we went to the wrong bus stop, and had to wait another 45 minutes for the next one. But, we made it to the main station no problem, bought our tickets to Florence, and were on our way. The train to Florence took about 3 hours, but we had some pretty good scenery. Once in Florence, we had only about an hour to look around nearby, before we caught the next train to Pisa. This ride was much shorter, and we were there in no time. As soon as we got to Pisa, we headed towards the famous tower. On the way, we stopped for lunch at a small Italian restaurant (the pasta with lobster was awesome!). As soon as we finished, we continued our walk to the tower, walking past the old walls of Venice along the way. Soon, the Leaning Tower was in view, and it leans much more than I ever imagined! It is really quite a sight! We arrived at the Piazza dei Miracoli, where we got closer looks at the Leaning Tower, the Duomo, the Baptistry of the Cathedral, and the Camposanto. We also made sure to get the overdone picture of each of us holding the tower up….we figured it had to be done. It was actually pretty funny seeing a field full of hundreds of people trying to take the same picture! After the many picture, we stopped at a flea market near the square, then headed back to the station. On the way back, we passed over the Aron River, and we also walked past the Church of San Michele in Borgo. We caught the next train back to Florence and from there to Venice.

Once back in Venice, we spent a couple of hours in a small pub before calling it a night. The streets were very busy due to Carnival, and there were a lot of neat sights. The next morning, we woke up early again, and caught our flight back to Bremen. Italy was an awesome trip, but it was nice to be back, and I slept very well!