pisa

We woke up to rain our last day in Vernazza. We grabbed breakfast, climbed to the top of the city to see one last view, visited the small rocky beach in town and booked earlier than planned train tickets to Pisa.

Vernazza, you were awesome! I could have stayed a lot longer. But off to Pisa. We were staying in Pisa because our flight back to Paris was early on Sunday morning. The trains were reliable but sometimes the times were a little "off" so we decided to be safe we'd get one more city on our list. When we arrived in Pisa, we were... not impressed. It was dirty and just not that great! We visited the leaning tower and decided to just hang out in the yard the rest of the afternoon.

We also got tickets to see the Cathedral, but we couldn't enter until 6:00pm so we killed some time by eating ice cream and playing cards! We seriously considered hopping a train to Florence for dinner, but the train ride was an hour and a half each way and we didn't really feel like wasting that much time on a train. Looking back it could have been fun.

Again - Pisa, eh. I guess we saw the leaning tower, which really does lean much more than I expected! But I wouldn't waste much time there. Even though the end of our trip wasn't too impressive, I still have to say Italy may be one of my favorite places. Italians are a little different than French. Most French I've encountered are very nice, but Italians just seem to be more laid back and so happy you are there to visit. Plus... the food! Italy takes the trophy compared to France, if I was the judge. I've heard Florence is the best destination, but I don't think we will make it there. I feel pretty lucky to have seen what we've seen already. Italy, I'm not sure we'll ever be back, but yes, you are my favorite!