Pisa

After Florence, I was pleased to discover that the train to Cinque Terre stops in Pisa, as I was not originally planning that, so I had a 2 hour stopover to see the famous tower.

Good angle to show the lean compared to a normal building. I beleive it curently leans at 7 degrees. What I did not know is that the tower was built purely as a bell tower for the church.

The problem with travelling by oneself, is that one never has someone of Myburgh's skill with the lens to take funky pics. I am sure we could have pulled off some winners here, but I had to make do with some tourists - who do you think did the best job, top or bottom?

Note the bag on my back - that is all I took for a week of cold rainy weather. I was quite chuffed with my travelling light skills!

On top of the tower. It was pretty fun walking up, because as you go around, sometimes you are leaning to the left, and next minute to the right. It was also quite fun walking around on the "flat" surface up top, because by walking in a continuous circle, you change from walking uphill to going downhill as you go around.

As Inspector Clouseau once said, "The Bells, The Bells!"

Below are some photos of the other churches and buildings in the complex. I must say, I did not expect all of those buildings!