June 12, 2012
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Mediterranean Cruise – Pisa and Florence, Italy Thursday 31 May
Today we again rented a little car at the port and headed for Pisa, Italy from the port town of Livorno.
After a quick round of pictures documenting the leaning tower (which is surprisingly small) and the equally odd surrounding buildings, we headed off to Florence for a bicycle tour. We made it to the shop just in time for the tour only to realize we had driven into the middle of a pedestrian only area. We accepted the potential fate of getting a parking ticket and headed off on the bicycles. The guide took us all through old town Florence explaining the history and age of the architecture, statues, and fountains. Florence is a beautiful town that requires a minimum of two days, not two hours. But we made the best of it, and filled the camera with pictures of cathedrals and statues.
Once back at the car we were surprised to see we had not yet been ticketed. Yay! The shop owner gave us the quickest directions out of the pedestrian zone with the least scrutiny and we were on our way. On the way out in heavy traffic, we saw this little car (if you can label it a car) called a Twizy. Inside this go-kart was a middle aged man in a nice suit looking completely unaware of how incongruous his person was with his mode of transportation, not to mention the fact that he seemed totally unconcerned that he may get run over.
On the return trip to Livorno, we enjoyed miles of Tuscan countryside, with vineyard after lush vineyard surrounding aged but beautiful homes and farm buildings. On a future trip, we’ll spend a week exploring Tuscany.
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I’ve been there! I bought a slingshot from my little brother Tim if I remember correctly. It was a bit young of a gift for him! Hi Javonne. Eat some of that jelled ham stuff for me; it was the only thing I didn’t like…maybe you will! Or Jeremy…