Pisa

[amberdreams]

I'm so childish. I want to caption things with lines like - Pisa, a piece of piss. Moving swiftly on - I arrived late afternoon and after unpacking, I walked into town across the railway lines (don't worry, there's a subway!). The place I'm staying is really nice, only two years old so it doesn't show on google street view, but at first sight the area looks a little rough. There's a scrap yard or something almost next door and a wall full of the messy kind of graffiti. But it was really quiet last night, and the walk into town is so easy, it's awesome.

Anyhow. Picspam time! Artyfarty and random shots with bicycles follow, so be warned.

Approaching the old town - that's the dome of the bapistry you can see in the background.

Classic view of the Piazza dei Miracoli and the leaning tower

Random rhino from one of the Duomo's doors

My favourite sculptor - Igor Mitoraj - Fallen Angel. Isn't it fabulous? I admit, I was so excited seeing this. *bounces*

So awesome

Touristy postcard view of the Piazza dei Miracoli

First ice cream of the holiday!

Selfie in the church of S. Caterina of Alexandria. Apparently God is not Dead - the sign says so.

If anyone is wildly interested, there are a bunch more pics here on Flickr.
Now I'm off to catch a train to Lucca!