pisa e lucca

Saturday, February 5th 2011

For those of you who were wondering, yes, the tower in Pisa is still leaning.  This architectural feat started in 1173 took 177 years to build.  The tower began to lean because the soil it was built on was marsh like and soft.  We learned that soil has been removed from the base and the tower is said to be stable for at least 200 years more years.

Last weekend, we went on a day trip to Pisa and Lucca.  We started out in Lucca and walked along the top of the wall that surrounds the ancient city.  It was only a 2.5 mile walk around but my feet were dead.  

While we were wandering we found a flea market that we shopped around in... way cheaper than Florence, thats for sure.

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 (view of the flea market from above)

Then we made our trek to Pisa where we saw the Duomo of Pisa (Duomo is a general term for the main church of a city), the Bapistry and Leaning tower.  What a site for sore eyes; the weather was fantastic and the buildings were amazing!  Naturally we posed in front of the tower holding it up.  Such tourists but I couldn't go to Pisa and not take one!

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 We came home, exhausted... and my feet have never been so swollen.  Note to self, buy some sensible shoes.