Day trip to Pisa

The last time I came to Pisa (when Melinda was 25 weeks pregnant with Oliver) I thought it was a dirty, uninteresting City that had nothing to really offer other than some lop-sided Tower and a big cathedral.

How things can change. This time, not only can you get into the Tower (it was being renovated last time) it has been cleaned and the City (away from the stazione) is charming, full of beautiful laneways, old (as is Italy) and interesting in terms of history and architecture and design. Well, much more than I remember anyway.

Inside the baptistry 

The ceiling inside the cathedral displays more Gold. Acres of the stuff.








And the Tower, quite impressive and quite a lean!!!  It's all so very clean compared to all those years ago