Yet another successful weekend was spent exploring the towns of Pisa, Lucca and Viareggio. Hopping on a train to Pisa early Friday morning, five of my friends and I spent a morning leisurely exploring the town of Pisa before heading over towards the Field of Miracles (location of famous Leaning Tower of Pisa). The historic and winding streets were a lot of fun to explore with local markets and narrow and quaint alleyways. We walked through many porticoes, which line both of the sides of the street below beautiful buildings with terra cotta roofs and stucco walls of Tuscany hues. Those who visit Pisa just to see the Leaning Tower miss out on a lovely afternoon of walking through a historic town of various architectural styles with great people-watching opportunities!
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| Sunrise at the train station |
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| Town of Pisa |
After making it to the Campo di Miracoli (Field of Miracles) we climbed the 296 stairs to the top of the tower. Laughing as we stumbled up the stairs from one side of a sloped tread to the other, we were met with views that couldn’t have been prettier due to the gorgeous day. Spending more than our allotted time on top of the tower, we headed to the ground and took some classic photographs of the Leaning Tower.
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| It was entertaining to watch all the tourists pose with the tower- look closely |
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| Duomo and Baptistry |
Visiting the Duomo and the Baptistry were very awe-inspiring! The Duomo has impressively high ceilings and throughout it the level of detail of is almost dumbfounding. Known for its long reverberation time, people standing at the center can actually sing chords with themselves. Most people only experience the amazing acoustics when the guard sings every thirty minutes. However, we also got to hear the acoustics within seconds of entering… that is through a HUGE and echoing boom that reverberated for more than just a few embarrassing seconds when Will accidentally allowed the door to slam shut behind us in the otherwise completely silent Baptistry…
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| Inside the Duomo |
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| Inside the circular Baptistry |
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| View to Duomo and Leaning Tower from upper level of Baptistry |
After exploring Pisa some more and experiencing my first cannoli, we jumped on a train to Viareggio, which is where our apartment was for the weekend. Before dinner we got to see a lovely sunset on the beach (so weird being on the beach only two weeks after being surrounded by multiple feet of snow during the coldest weekend in years in Interlaken, Switzerland).
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