Tuscany

The Drive

The drive to Tuscany was not fun. It had a lot of turns and took 6 hours to get there.

Down Day

The first day we didn't do much. We slept in, had a relaxed breakfast, lunch and supper, and were on our electronics.

San Giminano

There used to be 60 towers in San Giminano, now there's only 16. We climbed the tallest tower, it had 218 steps. At the top it had three huge bells, and a great view. Wealthy families built the towers because the taller the towers the more powerful the family. The family's would knock down other towers.

Next, gelato!! 

Potato pasta

After that we went to a town called Volterra, it was not that fun. But in the evening we tried gnocchi which is potato pasta and it was delicious.

Pisa

The next day we went to Pisa and climbed the leaning tower of Pisa. We also found the best lawn in Italy, and it was wonderful. Actual grass. The tower of Pisa was very "leaney". Four architects worked on the leaning tower of Pisa. The bottom four stories are more "leaney" than the others because the top stories were built backwards. On the bottom stairs you can really feel the lean, more up not as much.

I hope it doesn't fall over.

The grass was wonderful.

 The Thing

The night before leaving Kaija screamed. There was a rodent in the door to our bedroom. We don't know what it was, but he was really cute and fluffy.

The thing.

Leaving

Packing up. Next stop, Venice.