Pisa

After our one-night stay in Siena we took the train to Pisa. Depending on who you ask, Pisa is a relatively quick stop. Since we had to change trains in Pisa anyway on our way to the Cinque Terre, we decided to check our bags at the train station and go see the tower before heading on to Vernazza. We walked through town about 20 minutes to Italy's best kept lawn and the Leaning Tower.

Here's the tower in black and white. It definitely leans.

Better shot of the whole "leaning" thing. The tower actually started leaning immediately after they started construction. A few different architects worked on it, each one trying to correct the leaning by straightening their respective sections. You can't really see it well in these pictures, but it's pretty distinct in person.
Nice weather - very sunny. Here's a squinty picture of Jess and I relaxing on the lawn.

We asked someone to take a picture of us. We're the small folks in the bottom left corner. We decided not to join the 40 other people on this spot who were taking pictures "holding" the leaning tower up. Ha!

We went into the cathedral (also situated on the pristine lawn). It's big.

Here's two of the buildings. Tower in the back, Cathedral in the front.

Third building on the lawn - the baptistery. Kind of interesting, the baptisteries were separate from the churches because you couldn't enter the church unless you were baptized. So they need a separate building to do the baptizing.

Half of Jess' body and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Leaning Tower by itself.

Recurring theme...as you can see, aside from the tower Pisa doesn't have a lot to offer in my opinion. We only spent about an hour and a half here.

Jess while we were walking back to the train station from the tower.

No videos for this quick stop. I figured the pictures did it justice. Next stop - Vernazza and the Cinque Terre.