Pisa Stories


Pisa, Italy 19-21 Oct '11

My mother-in-law,the wife and I took a two day holiday to Pisa, Italy the other day. We took a Ryan Air flight from Brussels South airport in Charloi, Belgium to Galilei airport on the edge of Pisa. We took a 5 minute cab ride to a little hotel near the leaning tower area. The first day we had great weather. It was warm and sunny with a few clouds. I to...


Florence and Pisa!

Two days worth of blogging! Yesterday, we were in Florence. It was super hot! We saw the Ponte Vechio and many statues down town. The cathedral was beautiful as was the old city. We then left and drove to our hotel. This morning, we went to Pisa. They have a tower and it leans! Seriously, it was as nice as all the postcards suggest. We left and...


Lovely little Pisa

Just more of my catching up with a few pics from Pisa during our Italian trip a couple of years ago. Pisa is a wonderful little town and I would always recommend taking the Blu Bus to Pisa rather than the train. The train station is downtown, away from the Cathedral and it's famous tower and you really don't get to see the city from afar as your travell...


Back on Track in Pisa

Wishing we'd gone there in the first place rather than wasting a night, we boarded a train leaving La Spezia and headed toward Pisa. This is where our trip returned to what we had expected...... visiting pretty cities steeped in history, culture and tradition. However due to our La Spezia error in judgment, we could only spend a half day in Pisa as ...