Pisa, Italy
While Pisa wasn’t originally in our plans for spring break,
it turned out to be a pretty good day trip.
Making it to the Train Station
As usual, we somehow ended up having to sprint to our
platform in order to not miss our train despite having have woken up early and
catching the bus to the train station at a reasonable time. It’s just not
normal if we’re not always running, apparently.
Anyways, we managed to make it to our train right before
departure. It was such a close call though, that we didn’t even have seats when
it took off. Thankfully, we were able to get situated and I got to sit next to
a girl who missed her flight. I thought missing a train would be bad, imagine a
flight. She didn’t seem to upset about it though, which I thought was pretty
cool cause I would have been totally bummed out had I been her.
Pisa International Airport
Something I found very interesting was the number of people
who go to Pisa just to catch a flight from there. Apparently, Pisa has a very
large international airport. I found this surprising considering it’s such a
small city compared to Florence or Rome. But then again, our flight to Barcelona
was leaving from Pisa as well and it was the only one we were able to find so I
guess it worked out well.
The first thing we did when we made it to Pisa was to buy
tickets for the bus that would take us to the airport. Our flight was scheduled
to leave at 8:38pm so we had to be at the airport at around 6:30 or so.
After purchasing our tickets, we went on a scavenger hunt to
find where we could check in our bags for the day. We finally found the bag
check in and made our way for the leaning tower, which was pretty much the only
reason we had visited Pisa.
Leaning Tower
We walked through the beautiful streets of Pisa
Of course, like everyone there, we took tons of pictures
with it. You know…the typical poses: tipping it over,
kicking it,
Once we were tired of taking pictures, we napped on the
grass for about an hour. It was so nice to just lie there and relax. I somehow
got an awkward tan though. It was the strangest thing. We also overheard a
pretty dramatic conversation between an ex-couple. While it was quite hilarious
to hear them, I did feel for the girl. The dude sounded like a complete JERK.
Roaming Around Pisa
When had finally had enough of the leaning tower and about
10 million pictures later in every single part of the piazza,
After we got bored of that, we went window shopping…strict
window shopping because it was extremely hard for me to not purchase anything.
Especially because I found the cutest short overalls ever and the greatest
shirt ever! It took every little part of me to contain myself and just say no.
It was awful. That’s when we realized the struggle was real and decided to just
head to the airport.
Waiting at the Wrong Spot…Again
Back at the train station we picked up our luggage and
headed to where we thought the airplane bus passed by. Again, we were terribly
off. We were waiting for a nonexistent train for about 20 minutes when we
finally decided we should go ask. Thank goodness we did that, because right as
we found where we were supposed to be, the bus was getting ready to leave. We
caught it right on time.
Barcelona…Here We Come
Needless to say, I was more than ready for Barcelona. In
just a few hours I would be in a country where I actually spoke the language
and would be able to communicate with no hassles. J
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