May 2015 - Pisa, Italy
Like pretty much everyone else who has ever visited Pisa, we came to see the leaning tower. We had the chance to actually climb to the top of it, which was a pretty surreal experience - you _really_ feel the lean when you're going up a leaning spiral staircase. The cathedral was also a beauty worth visiting.
Like pretty much everyone else who has ever visited Pisa, we came to see the leaning tower. We had the chance to actually climb to the top of it, which was a pretty surreal experience - you _really_ feel the lean when you're going up a leaning spiral staircase. The cathedral was also a beauty worth visiting.
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| The Arno river slicing through the city | Walking through the streets of Pisa | |
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| The leaning tower! | Many layers working their way up | Looking up the inside of the leaning tower |
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| The cathedral from part way up the _very_ leaning tower | Piazza dei Miracoli | Along the top of the leaning tower |
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| The tower bells (in addition to being the leaning tower, it is a belltower) | The leaning staircase of Pisa | The Pisa cathedral |
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| An incredible bronze door on the cathedral depicting the main events from the life of Christ | A scene from the door. An odd choice for the door to a church, I think they probably could have left this one off. | Inside Pisa's incredible cathedral |
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| The coronation of the virgin | ||
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| The pulpit | Art from floor through ceiling | Paintings all along the walls of the cathedral |
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| The undecorated yet elegant interior of the baptistry dome | The baptismal font | The old wall around the piazza |
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| Obligatory pushing over the tower picture | Obligatory kicking over the tower picture | |
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| The leaning tower of Pisa |