“When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie ~ that’s amore”
We headed out for the tower of Pisa – all I have to say is that maneuvering the autostrada is a talent … one we are mastering. We arrived in Pisa and I found a one hour parking space … we grabbed it, but would that be enough time? When you think of the tower of Pisa you tend to think of (or at least I did) a single tower that leans – part true. We walked through an opening in the exceptionally old and incredibly tall brick wall that was covered with lush green growth – this part of Pisa is walled off from the rest of the city. Not knowing exactly where the tower would be we rounded a corner and there in its entire leaning splendor – was the tower. My mouth opened and my jaw dropped – it sounds cliché, I know, but I just stood there open mouthed in awe. The best known buildings of Pisa are gathered around the “Field of Miracles” - The cathedral, Baptistery and the Campanile or leaning bell tower. The leaning tower is now inclined 14 feet to one side due to the settling subsoil. The tower has many tears and has beautifully decorated cemetery, or Campo Santo, highly original Pisan style. It is said that Galileo (a native Pisan) used the Cathedral to study the movement of the pendulum and the leaning tower to work out his laws of gravity and acceleration. So here I am snapping photos in a place of historical importance like a gawking idiotic tourist. How can you help but not get excited? The tower is stunning, tall, leaning, ornate, columns with arches, dirt in the crevices , guarded by a police officer, taller than you would imagine and glorious. The area has large sections of lawns and people were having picnics, families were there with children, there were school kids on field trips and students walking in groups and young Italian lovers were sprawled on the grass, their bodies intertwined while making out all over the place. I tried to completely soak in the ambiance – I took photos like a tourist - of us trying to hold up the tower, I looked at the kids on field trips and remembered being a kid, I watched the old people having difficulties walking on the uneven pavement and I tried not to stare at the lovers. The vendors were selling everything tacky and I totally loved it – leaning tower mugs that actually leaned, shirts with Snoopy holding up the tower, magnets of the tower, scarf’s, hats, key chains, – but the best tacky tower item I saw was a mini lamp of the tower, like a night light – I swear I would have bought it -but it had an Italian plug in – ultra tacky cool.
We headed out for the tower of Pisa – all I have to say is that maneuvering the autostrada is a talent … one we are mastering. We arrived in Pisa and I found a one hour parking space … we grabbed it, but would that be enough time? When you think of the tower of Pisa you tend to think of (or at least I did) a single tower that leans – part true. We walked through an opening in the exceptionally old and incredibly tall brick wall that was covered with lush green growth – this part of Pisa is walled off from the rest of the city. Not knowing exactly where the tower would be we rounded a corner and there in its entire leaning splendor – was the tower. My mouth opened and my jaw dropped – it sounds cliché, I know, but I just stood there open mouthed in awe. The best known buildings of Pisa are gathered around the “Field of Miracles” - The cathedral, Baptistery and the Campanile or leaning bell tower. The leaning tower is now inclined 14 feet to one side due to the settling subsoil. The tower has many tears and has beautifully decorated cemetery, or Campo Santo, highly original Pisan style. It is said that Galileo (a native Pisan) used the Cathedral to study the movement of the pendulum and the leaning tower to work out his laws of gravity and acceleration. So here I am snapping photos in a place of historical importance like a gawking idiotic tourist. How can you help but not get excited? The tower is stunning, tall, leaning, ornate, columns with arches, dirt in the crevices , guarded by a police officer, taller than you would imagine and glorious. The area has large sections of lawns and people were having picnics, families were there with children, there were school kids on field trips and students walking in groups and young Italian lovers were sprawled on the grass, their bodies intertwined while making out all over the place. I tried to completely soak in the ambiance – I took photos like a tourist - of us trying to hold up the tower, I looked at the kids on field trips and remembered being a kid, I watched the old people having difficulties walking on the uneven pavement and I tried not to stare at the lovers. The vendors were selling everything tacky and I totally loved it – leaning tower mugs that actually leaned, shirts with Snoopy holding up the tower, magnets of the tower, scarf’s, hats, key chains, – but the best tacky tower item I saw was a mini lamp of the tower, like a night light – I swear I would have bought it -but it had an Italian plug in – ultra tacky cool.
What a Fa-Boo Day!
Ciao, Nora Bella
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