Pisa and its Leaning tower

Four hours. That's how long it took us to ride the train that got us here from Rome Termini. Rome Termini is the central train station in Roma, we got there early and today was the first day I saw pickpockets in action. We stayed behind a wall while waiting for our platform number to show on the big board and saw two girls moving around the crowd eyeing their  potential victims. We didn't stay and watch further and head to take our train. It wasn't too crowded compare to the ride from Napoli to Roma but it was still pretty hot - we were on a regional train (cheaper tickets) but also less luxury accomodations, which is fine since we were on a budget.

Got to Pisa by 2.15pm and met our host for the bed and breakfast place (minus the breakfast). He drove us through Pisa and gave us a 'what you need to know about Pisa' tour. We left our bags and soon enough we were on our way to check out the Tower. Same with all those other monuments we've been to in Rome, the streets looked empty on the way towards the Tower but when we actually got there, the crowd was a little crazy. We were amused by the antics of tourists trying to take pix of them supporting/pushing the leaning tower. The leaning tower is in the Miracle Square (Piazza dei Miracoli) and next to the lesser known cathedral and its free standing bell tower. We paid a visit to those two other buildings and headed out to walk around town.

Dinner was simple but good, I tried their squid pasta and Calvin had 'filleto al cognac', ended with a cup of coffee each. No starbucks for a week or more now the coffee's a wonderful touch to end the day. We went back to the Tower again to look at them after they turned on the lights after dinner before heading back to rest.