Joey and Jill’s Travel Blog

Hey y’all,

It’s Sunday in Italy which means that we only have 9 days lefts in Europe! Crazy how time flies! Although, I can say that Joey and I are ready to come home. We are having a blast here in Europe but we miss you all like crazy and are getting antsy to get back to life! But we will miss being over here. I have learned a lot about my new husband since being with him 24/7, like he is an amazing map reader and a really good problem solver and possibly the funniest human being/dancer on the planet!

So, yesterday Joey and I took a day trip over to Pisa to see the famed leaning tower. It was a bit surreal seeing it. It certainly is leaning. It has all these weights and bars attached to it to keep it from falling over, but people were still going up it to see the view from the top. We didn’t make it up though. It was a gorgeous day in Pisa and so we got some gelato and sat in the grass and enjoyed the iconic view.

The tower lies in the same plaza as a Duomo so the whole scene was quite beautiful. The buildings were amazing and there weren’t too many people there…but it probably gets crazy during the summer.

It was actually pretty funny because pretty much all of the other tourists were taking pictures of each other either holding the tower up or pushing it over. Joey and I tried a couple different pics but they didn’t really turn out : ) It is kind of funny to walk around the leaning tower and see all of these people with there arms in the air and the camera person directing them on where to stand.

Turns out, the tower is pretty much the only thing in Pisa. So, after a relaxing hour or so we headed back to Florence. The commuter (domestic) train ride is about an hour (and the train is disgusting). The eurostar trains are pretty nice though. But we miss the straighforward clean trains of Scotland. We actually received our first Italian ticket on the train to Pisa because you are supposed to 1. buy your ticket 2. stamp your ticket on these little, barely visible yellow stampers 3. show your purchased and stamped ticket to the ticket checker on the train. Well, Joey and I bought our ticket, had NO idea we were supposed to stamp it, and got on the train and were subsequently charged €5 each for not stamping the ticket. But, we learned our lesson and got to the stamper thing before our return train left…and of course, no one even checked our ticket this time! Isn’t it ironic.

Well, we better be on our way. I think we are off to Venice (hooray!) tomorrow and Rome on Wednesday then we are headed back to London next Sunday. Pray that we catch our early morning flight from Bergamo!

Here are our pics from Pisa:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9547617@N02/sets/72157608374652726/

We love and miss you all and hope that you all have a happy Halloween!

Much love,

J&J

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