The day before we flew home to Australia, Bindi and I took a train to Pisa. Tam had returned to hospital to start her second round of chemotherapy the night before and was now in isolation. We were not allowed to visit her until after 3pm so we thought we'd go to Pisa and then visit her later that day. We had a bit of trouble finding our train platform but eventually we were pointed in the right direction.
Bindi and I fell in love with Pisa, it's such a pretty little town. We enjoyed the walk from the train station to the Leaning Tower of Pisa...with blue skies and sunshine it was all very picturesque.
We had to take a photo of Vittorio Emanule II - Tam's apartment was on a street named after him.
Arno River
Our first glimpse of our destination...the cathedral
The Leaning Tower herself! It was so crowded with tourists it was very hard to get a photo without other people in the way. However, we found out that this was nothing compared to the Summer season when there are huge lines of tourists waiting to go inside the tower. We waited less than 10 minutes.
St John Baptistry
Yes...we had to take one of these...
Bindi getting a photo of me trying to get every angle of the tower...
Bindi in "line" to get inside...
Inside the tower looking up
The view from the first viewing platform
Bindi about to climb up the little staircase that leads to the top
Views from the top
Bindi took these photos of the stairs...look how worn out they are - a bit slippery too!
Duomo Cathedral
The inside of the cathedral was stunning, especially its golden roof
And paintings on the roof like this one...
Bindi and I decided to look up the highest recommended restaurant for lunch in Pisa on Trip Advisor. It was a very tiny, unassuming little sandwich shop called L'Ostellino.
And it was VERY popular...
Bindi and I got a porchetta, sundried tomato and pecorino baguette
It was hands down the best food we ate in Italy...my mouth is watering just thinking about it....
Mandarin trees planted in a public square
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