Lost and found in a leaning town

Well, the good news is that we had a lovely EXTENSIVE walking tour of the town of Pisa. the bad news is that we didn't intend to. LOL Apparently we were supposed to go in on the south side of town and we went in on the North. There are ABSOLUTELY no markings from the highway and none of the directions or guidebooks said which one to choose. Actually, had there been any sort of sensible street signs in town we weren't that far from the tower, etc where we parked but we ended up walking all the way to the train station, found a TI office and got a map and then had to hike back 20 minutes in the opposite direction. It was probably and extra 40 minutes worth of walking.

We ate lunch at a ok place. It didn't taste bad but very limited menu and the food was microwaved. The tower really is spectacular though. I hope that some of the photos show the lean. It's hard to line up a shot that shows it well because it's just so improbable.

I must object though to all the tourist boards and guide books that say that Pisa is only worth a driveby and a snapshot. It's definitely not a weeklong destination but it's a nice town with lots of great architecture and a cool old medieval wall. One street we walked down had a very, old, stone, medieval looking church and much more "modern?" buildings built right up attached to it. It was a very wierd but definitely Pisa contrast. There's a big university here too.

Also, I posted a wrong link yesterday for our new photos. Here's the new link and the password is still "parknstore":

http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/jekwiatt