Lessons Learned in Pisa:
1. The leaning tower does not lean as much as one might think! Still fun to do the typical poses though. My roommate Liz decided to start a photo collection of other tourists pretending to push the tower straight from angles that you couldn't see the tower. An example:
2. Inside the baptistery, when a man tells you to be quiet for the vocal demonstration, listen to him. He will stroll into the center and his voice will be AMAZING. One voice sounds like an entire chorus. Also, listen to Helen talk a little, but take the time to go to the second level and look around. She doesn't stop to do this.
3. When craving artichokes, don't go for fried artichokes. Pizza will be a better option.
4. If Helen says meet at 2pm, do not think 2:05 will be okay. The group will have moved on to the next stop (but don't worry, the bus hasn't left yet!)
Lucca
A gorgeous little town. Lauren and I split off from the group almost immediately, and were later joined by Kahla, Liz and Diana. We just wandered around town, bought some delicious candies and then ended up meeting up with everyone to go into some churches.
At the end of the day, Helen bought us cakes that are only made in Lucca. SO GOOD. The flavors were vegetable, chocolate, plum and chocolate chip. The most interesting one was the vegetable one, surprisingly delicious!
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