…we
took a new type of train for me, it had more like rooms with about 6 seats in
it…it was an intercity train and it was super comfortable which was really nice
J…but
in our car this time there was a really nice couple from Australia, and the
wife was really really chatty…which was nice, except Kait and I really wanted
to sleep…but she was telling us all these things about their trip and how they
got here, and all sorts of things…funny the people you meet on trains….we did
although pass these really werid looking mountains on the way…and the nice lady
asked one of the guys in our room who was Italian, what they were, and come to
find out they were the mountains that they mine the Carrara Marble from….we
went through the town of Carrara….that was kinda cool, I had no idea that was
where it was from J
…anyways
when we got to Pisa, it was a really short walk to our hostel, so we checked
in, dropped off our stuff and were off to the tower…in Pisa (and also in
Cinque) it was so weird of a feeling to stand in the same place twice…..to be
in places that I NEVER dreamed I would ever get to go back to….to go to a
gelato place that my mom and I got gelato from, or walk streets that I had
walked with my parents 3 years earlier, it was so so cool….
…I
actually really like Pisa, and the tower because its so amazing to me….it
really really is leaning…like intensely!!...i finally got to take my leaning
picture with it too and that was really fun….i never took it the last time I
was there (I took a normal holding it up picture too but I lost it when I lost
my phone)…but this time I did it with a twist J….we had so much fun
just sitting and taking tons and tons of pictures, Kaitlyn literally took every
single type she could think of….i was taking them all for her, and nat was
sitting there taking pics of people taking their pictures….it was really
entertaining too….this older lady using her cane was our personal favorite J….
….we
took our time and got some lunch and after went back to our hostel to hang out
for a bit and rest before I went to Good Friday mass at the Basilica there….and
while we were home I facebooked mom (like I usually do when im in wifi) and she
asked if I had gone up the tower, and I told her that I was going to but it was
18 euros and the budget for this trip was too tight for that, so being the
awesome mom she is, she told me to go make a memory and put money in my account
for it J….so
I took off, and went to buy my ticket!....I wasn’t able to get a spot to go up
right away so I bought it for after mass and waited J…
…I
went to church in the basilica that night at about 6…and it was so so cool, the
Bishop said it with 10 priests and 6 altar servers…it was sooo amazing to not
only see it in a church that big but to see that many priests!!....absolutely
inspiring really J…
…and
then I had to leave church a bit early to take off to go up the tower with my
ticket time….i had to first go put my bag in their little deposit room and then
waited in line a bit before getting my chance to go up….
…so
we started and I could already feel that hike from the day before in my legs
but I didn’t think was that bad, so I started up thinking , oh ya I can do this…..and
then it got a bit harder…and then really hard!....and then super easy again…..and
then hard!....then easy…..it took me a bit to figure out that I was feeling the
lean of the tower….it was amazing, you could totally feel when you were going
uphill with the tower and when you were basically walking on flat because you
were on the downhill side…..sooo crazy to feel…..also the marble of the stairs
was so worn from the years and years it was really hard to climb up them!....
…but
man the top was awesome J I got up there right as the sun was setting and I
loved it!....it was really cool to go up there because probably its going to be
something that they will stop letting people do soon, like my kids probably
wont be able to walk up it…..to feel the tilt at the top…it was absolutely nuts….i
love the tops of towers, but this was a really neat one to get to climb to the
top of….
….when
I finally had to come down from marveling at the top, I walked back to the
hostel to meet up with nat and Kaitlyn, then we went out to grab something for
dinner and grabbed some wine from an adorable little shop that was like Italy and
let u buy a bottle and then fill it with one of the 6 or so different types she
had, and it was really inexpensive so it was great….we enjoyed and had a great
night…..then it was off to bed…
…the
next morning was an early train, so we were up, stopped for a cappuccino and
then on a train to Florence…..2nd city down….and off to somewhere I had
never been J….always
love that feeling…
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