This damn tower is leaning

You would think that with all the people taking pictures as if they were holding it up and pushing it, it would straighten out. But then it wouldn't be such an interesting sight to see. Pisa is amazing, I totally recommend you visit this place if you are in Tuscany. We took the train from Lucca, and people told us that when you get off the train, walk straight ahead and you will find it. So, off the train and we are walking but no Tower in sight, we thought we might have taken the wrong way. After walking about ten minutes, we stopped to take pictures at a bombed out sight, I believe from WWW 2, I looked up and to the left, and saw it.

I shouted out, "There it  is".

Everyone around us laughed. It is a beautiful sight when you enter into the plaza where the leaning tower is, or Torre Pendente. There are also several other buildings, the Duomo di Pisa, the Battistero (Baptistry), Campo Santo Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery), the Museo del opera del Duomo, and the Museo delle sinopie. We paid five euro to go into the cemetery and it was amazing. there are burials in the floor and the walls and all around you. The murals are beautiful but fading and chipping. Tickets to go up into the leaning tower are 17 euros, but there is a line and a long wait.

One of the churches is free to go into, the others you can buy tickets for at the ticket counter. The attractions on the streets of Pisa are very entertaining also. And they are free when you are people watching.













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