10/22/12
Buongiorno,
Today we spent the day in Pisa as in The Leaning Tower of.
We liked it better than Siena – the people were a bit friendlier and more willing to help.
Our first stop was the Baptistery which is beautiful outside but not much inside 
. We had to stand in line to buy tickets for the tower, so after that we toured the cathedral which is also gorgeous outside
and in 
It is hard to see the detail in the pictures but it’s pretty amazing.
Then it was our turn to see the tower which is very cool 
). It’s pretty funny to watch all of the people taking pictures of someone pretending to hold up the tower (see 5). You have to stand way in front of it to get the whole thing in, so people are standing on the street with their hand/hands in the air or lying on the ground with their feet in the air while someone takes the picture
. Anyway, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower for the cathedral. We had to climb 294 steps (which are very narrow and very worn) to get to the top. The view is unbelievable 
even though we were both gasping for air by the time we got to the top (see 7). The tower has seven different sized bells – one for each note of the scale
Unfortunately we did not get to hear them ring.
The last picture is just for fun
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Arrivederci until the next exciting adventure,
Tom & Charli
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