Thursday morning I took the train to visit my cousin Laura (she came to Florence last month) in Pisa. She met me at the train station and we walked around the city and headed to the obvious destination...the leaning tower of Pisa! I've seen so many pictures of it that it was surreal to actually see it in person! Luckily it was a beautiful day so I got some great pictures. Laura helped me take some of those touristy cliche pictures which I had to have. I don't have too many because I didn't want to bore her but I probably could have been there for at least another hour experimenting with random ways to "hold" up the tower. After many failed attempts I finally managed to get one that was decent.
At night I met Laura's friends from the University of Pisa and we got aperitivo. Aperitivo is like the Italian happy hour. You buy a drink at a restaurant and there is a full buffet of food! It's usually around 7 euro. Her friends were a lot of fun and two of them spoke English so they helped me communicate. It's exhausting trying to speak Italian for that long. It also made me realize how much practice I still need. It was a great night though...they taught me some Italian slang and I taught them some American slang! For example, it's funny that we call someone "chicken" if they're scared of something. In Italy, they say rabbit. There were a lot of little random things like this that we talked about.
The next day, Laura and her roommate made me lunch. It was sooo good!! Pesto with fish and then chicken and eggplant. yumm :) I hung out for a little longer then headed back to the train station. There really isn't much else to do in Pisa besides see the tower but because Laura is there I'd like to go back. Pisa is only about an hour away from Florence so it's perfect for a day or one night trip!
That grass looks amazing! Great post title by the way
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