Pisa - May 24th

Our first trip to a city to see some cool stuff! Since CJ and me were staying close to Pisa with Brian, he took us into the city on our first weekend there. As I said before, dirving in Italy is a bit scary, but all of the one way streets and very narrow roads had me a bit concerned but CJ assured me that we were safe driving with "Brian J. Hughes Professional Driver". First we drove around a bit till we found a parking spot along the Arno river and stopped for a minute to get a picture.

Then we walked around a bit stopping at a cafe and a gelato place. While we were walking we found this really cool building along the river that the guide book says was built to house a thorn from the crown of thorns that Christ wore while on the cross. Unfortunately it was closed and we couldn't get in to see it.

Then we walked toward the leaning tower of Pisa and the church that the tower was built to protect.


Did you know that walls use to encircle the church and tower...here is a picture of some of the wall that is left.

By the time we were done we were pretty tired so we headed for the car. Here are a few pictures taken in Pisa from the car ride home. This first one in particular is kind of interesting because it is of one of the many roads in Italy that have trees planted on both sides. The trees were planted on Mussolini's orders to provide shade for his troops as they marched along these streets.