Pisa

Now for part 3 of our trip. After Venice we headed to the west coast of Italy, to Pisa. We stayed in a little fishing town south of Pisa. It was a really cool town and would have been 10 times better if it were summer. We stayed at a little resort with a private beach and a huge swimming pool, too bad we weren't able to make use of them in the winter.....but that is why the rooms were so cheap . I don't think we will soon forget that place, the rooms were like little villas and there were tons of trees and grass everywhere. On the web they advertised laundry facilities, so needing to do a bunch of laundry we followed the signs to a shed in a wooded area with 2 washing machines and no dryers. We had to wash our clothes, then hang them all around our room to dry. There was also a family of cats living in a shed next to our room. The kids loved that and Maddie was constantly wanting to go outside to play with them.




We went to visit the famous leaning tower of Pisa. It was really cool to see. It is hard to imagine that a structure that big can still hold together shile leaning at that angle.



We couldn't resist joining the other tourists in getting some "holding up the tower" pictures.



Max was very impressed and has talked about the leaning tower of Pisa several times since our trip. To see more pictures of Pisa click here.