Tilted

DAY #14: Florence Italy…Pisa too
We started the day early, 530AM. We were supposed to be in port by 7am but we were late due to congestion in the port. Finally off the ship about 815. Taxi ride to the train station, then we whisked out way though the Tuscan country side to Firenzi (Florence). We were a group of 6. We hit a few of the major sites like the Dumo.
We then had lunch at a small outdoor café. We had proscuito mozzarella and tomato panini. Very yummy. Followed by a traditional Italian espresso. STRONG!!!! We used the bathroom there which was on the second floor. You had to climb a stone circular stair case with such low ceilings that even I had to duck. When coming down, I missed the last stair and fell directly into the center of the café. I was laying on my stomach but spread eagle. Luckily I did not get hurt. We then split up and went on out separate ways.
We walked a bit more on the crowed streets of Florence and decided that we would go to Pisa. We hopped on a train and off we went.
We walked the streets of Pisa which were beautiful and much less crowded. The architecture of the area was wonderful. We walked to the Piazza del Duomo and there it was the leaning tower!!!! It actually was more dramatic than I expected. I think it was one of my favorite sites. Taxi back to the train station and then the train back to the port.
Chris managed to find the most expensive gelato in Florence at €12,00 a cup. He also found a cannoli.
Once back on the ship we went to the pool and swam under the Tuscan sun. Then a quick tip to the spa therapy pool. We then met our usual group for cocktails. 12 of us went to dinner at the Grand pacific dinning room. In short we had a sea food salad, nicosse?(ahi tuna) salad, and we split lamb chops, sirloin steak and lobster stuffed ravioli. No dessert tonight as we were off to the CHOCOHOLICS BUFFET!!! The sculptures of ice and chocolate were great. Unfortunately after words we had to say good bye to our new friends Pat and Paul since they are sneaking off the ship a day early and driving to Germany before flying home to Vancouver.
As of now 1150 pm we have sailed 4700 from NYC