Au Revoir France, Buon Giorno Italy!

We woke early... again... Packed up and got ready to head into Italy. The motorway through this region is amazing in itself, there were some 200 tunnels of all different lengths that we passed through. We drove right along the coast through valley after valley, which we could see along down to the sea. There were so many gorgeous little resorts in every single one. I did try and avoid taking pics from the bus but I though this one was ok.

The plan for today was Pisa, then Florence, then off to the hotel.

We arrived at the parking in Pisa, the bus has to stay in parking and tourists have to take public transport to the city center. We were booked on a little train which was fun.

There are three famous buildings within the city walls of Pisa, the Baptistry the Church and of course the tower.

The baptistry and church are seperate as children who haven't been baptised are not allowed to enter the church. As you can see there were thousands of people here.

And all of them are taking silly photos trying to make it look like they are pushing the tower up... After I had eaten pizza in Pisa we headed back for the train and bus to head off for Florence.

Florence was anothered conrtoled traffic area with entry fees to pay for the bus, I forgot to mention all the toll gates on the highway aswell... We had a group photo up on this amazing lookout, Piazzale Michelangelo.

Then we headed down into the city. We thought Florence was charming. It is full of all churches and sculptures, and of course the famous bridge Ponte Vecchio with all the little houses on.

In the main square there are sculptures of famous Italians. This street performer was insistent on actually having a kiss I think... Ewww, germs!

An amazing man from the past, and an amazing man from the here and now. It rained for the second time while we were in Florence, very exciting!

I was exhausted after all this, probably the tierdest I got (except for Amsterdam). So off the the hotel for dinner and bed.

Blogging from: Melbourne (cold, cold, cold).

Next stop: Tasmania!