LOOK AT THAT LEAN ON THAT TOWER - PIsa, FLORENCE, ITALY - APRIL 10-12, 2014
Above and Below: The Leaning Tower of Pisa! It was unreal to see this landmark! I swear to you all the pictures I took the camera was straight - it was the tower that was a bit off! LOL.
Above: The Leaning Tower was stunning! The grass was too green to believe and the sky didn't have a cloud in sight!
Below: Houses near the Leaning Tower! Above and Below: It is amazing that it is still standing!
Above and Below: Pisa Cathedral and Duomo! It is just stunning I swear!
Above and Below: No pictures or words can describe to you the beauty of the Leaning Tower. It really is a masterpiece that should be on every travellers must see this!
Above: The entrance to the Leaning Tower of Pisa!
Below: Standing in the bottom of the Leaning Tower inside looking directly up the top! Above: Inside the ancient Bell Tower getting ready to climb up the 275 steps to the very top!
Below: View from the very top go the Leaning Tower! The views were just remarkable with the mountains in the distance! Just incredible! Above and Below: Breathtaking views!
Above: Climbing the never ending, sloping stairs inside the Leaning Tower!
Below: The Leaning Tower of Pisa! Above: Inside one of the museums!
Below: What a stunning display they had inside the Museum del Opera! Above: The lovely Leaning Tower!
Below: The Cathedral! It was so amazing! Above: The cute little Duomo (which wasn't so little inside)!
Below: It is an iconic monument that the beauty cannot be captured in pictures! Above and Below: Museo dell Sinopie - had some old artifacts found around the Pisa area and Cathedral!
Above: The Museo delle Sinope! Stunning artwork on the walls!
Below: The lovely Cathedral that looks exactly like something off a postcard! Above and Below: The amazing and beautiful ceiling paintings inside the Cathedral!
Above and Below: Inside the Cathedral!
Above: Inside the Cathedral!
Below: The monumental graveyard where famous religious personnel and leaders are buried behind the Cathedral and Duomo in Pisa! Above and Below: The monumental graveyard!
Above and Below: The monumental graveyard was actually very beautiful!
Above: The walls of the monumental graveyard! Such character in the small city of Pisa!
Below: The monumental graveyard. The floor you see is lined with graves of religious personnel. Above: A true Italian cannoli! OMG!! It was beyond amazing and so yummy! No food will ever compare to what I had in Italy!
Below: Borgo Stretto - which is one of the designer Italian shopping streets in Pisa! Above: Beautiful views of the River Arno! It was so nice and sunny in Pisa during my whole stay!
Below: The cutest little outdoor cafe down the streets of Pisa where I had Italian pasta! Normally I don't go for pasta but I knew it would be like no other to try it in Italy! Above: My yummy pasta dish is Pisa! Oh my goodness! The food was beyond compare to anything I have ever had!
Below: Local artists were doing street art on the pavement down the main street of Corso Italia! It was quite stunning and just beautiful! Above and Below: Santa Maria Della Spina which is a very tiny, cute, characteristic and charming little chapel attached to one of the bridges in Pisa! It was super precious and definitely a sight to see!
Above and Below: Inside the gardens/park I found while walking around Pisa!
Below: Pisa Centrale train station! This was was much smaller and easier to navigate than Roma Termini despite my train from here to Florence was nearly 45 minutes delayed! Above: A lovely fountain outside the train station!
Below: Another round of lovely pizza at a cute Italian cafe! This one is just cheese and tomato sauce! Above and Below: There were little stalls set up all over the town where vendors sold flowers, soaps, etc. It was too cute and just added to the charm Pisa had for me!
Above: More markets lining up along the main bridge!
Below: Cardboard flowers were set up along the main street of Corso Italia where local artists would paint to display their work! Such charm of the city and culture of the locals around! Above and Below: Local artists showcasing their works!
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Above: The top of the Leaning Tower! Yes, I climbed the many stairs to the very top!
Below: View from the top of the Leaning Tower! That grass was so green! Above and Below: Amazing views from the top of the Tower!
Above: The top of the lovely Tower! You can just see the amazing structure of the bell tower!
Below: Stunning mountain views! Above and Below: Stunning picture perfect views!
Above: At the top to see the bells of the Bell Tower!
Below: That view was priceless. Above: The bells of the Leaning Tower of Pisa!
Below: The floor at the top of the Leaning Tower to look down the centre to the very bottom! Above: One of the museums around the Leaning Tower!
Below: Inside the museum del Opera! It is a nice miniature scale of the Piazza! Above and Below: Inside the museum! Old artifacts that were once inside the Cathedral and Duomo!
Above and Below: Inside the Museum del Opera!
Above and Below: The most stunning views of the Leaning Tower from the museum's garden!
Above and Below: Me at the most popular monument in Pisa!
Above and Below: Enjoying being in Pisa to see the Leaning Tower! Just fantastic and so much fun on the adventures I had!
Above: The wonderful Leaning Tower! Just spectacular views and no clouds in the sky!
Below: The outside of the Cathedral! Above and Below: Inside the Duomo!
Above and Below: The beauty is breathtaking!
Above: The stunning entrance to the Cathedral! What beauty both inside and out!
Below: Inside the Cathedral! Above and Below: Nothing says a grand entrance like a gold ceiling and big, beautiful columns!
Above: The main alter inside the cathedral! Stunning architecture all over the place!
Below: One of the walls from the Monumental Graveyard! Above: One of the graves in the Monumental Graveyard.
Below: Beauty inside the monumental graveyard! Above: Stunning views while wandering in Pisa!
Below: The lovely Leaning Tower! Above: Me holding up the Leaning Tower … wouldn't want it falling over under my watch! LOL!
Below: Such a beautiful sight! Above and Below: Inside a very pretty park/garden I found while walking about in Pisa! A perfect way to spend an afternoon in sunshine!
Above and Below: A lovely walk in a park while enjoying the Italian sunshine in Pisa!
Above and Below: Taking a walk in the park/gardens!
Above and Below: Sunshine and no worries while walking in the park/gardens in Pisa!
Above and Below: Beautiful sights on a walk around Pisa!
Above and Below: Beautiful park/gardens in the park!
Above: Lovely house at the end of the path in the garden!
Below: Strawberry gelato! Ever so yummy!! Above: This was a successful trip in Pisa to shop until I dropped…well until I needed to get rest for my train in the morning to Florence anyway! LOL.
Below: Corso Italia - spending the afternoon shopping Italian style! Above: Corso Italia - the main shopping street in Pisa where artists were painting, music was playing, and just so much culture was everywhere!
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