Topdeck: Pisa

Pisa is a bit of a dump. There's no other way to describe it really. The only thing worth seeing is the Leaning Tower and I'd seen that before, so I spent the hour or so we had there going to McDonalds, then playing rugby with the Aussies next to the Baptistry. After a couple of minutes we'd drawn a reasonable crowd of Chinese tourists and I got a round of applause from them after taking a high bomb from over my shoulder. A very surreal moment.

I did find the time to take one stupid photo though. You can't really go to Pisa and not...

Next Stop: Florence, Italy

Italy: Pisa

Our drive from Milan to Pisa was unnerving. Kelly, our American driver, was more used to driving automatics, which only added to the discomfort of squeezing 5 people into a tiny Fiat Panda. The situation was made much worse when the two girls decided that the Glee soundtrack would be appropriate driving music. Let’s just say I was glad of a break in Pisa.

Pisa itself doesn’t really have a tonne to offer (not from what I saw anyway). It was January, so not exactly peak tourist season, which was good – the place was nice and quiet. I can proudly say I refrained from taking one of those stupid photos where you pretend to hold up the leaning tower. We only stayed for an hour, then it was off to Florence!