Pisa

After a lecture (excellent!) by an art historian, we were off to Pisa, whose walls and city gates are pictured here...




The leaning tower is quite impressive - now stabilized because the people of Pisa say they don't want to give the Florentines the satisfaction of having it fall!




And, of course, we have to have that "trick shot" of Trey holding everything together!




The baptistry in front of the cathedral (unlike Spain, they have quite an impressive baptistry!) was built in the 12th century and is quite impressive! We also heard a demonstration of its "echo" - someone sings a long note and then harmonies with the various echoes which come back? Fun!




Not in Pisa, but just for fun: here are a couple of views from our hotel in Florence:






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Location:Pisa