One night while we were camping at Camp Darby we went into Pisa to solve the mystery of the leaning tower. And to our surprise with so many people trying to hold it up, it still leans to this day.
After we took our turn holding up the tower we needed to get some refreshment. So we stopped for some gelato. Sean and Chad really enjoyed theirs on a cone.
We lined up the kids so that we didn't lose any to the night. First Kirra, then Jessie, followed by Trent, Charlie, Haylee, Gavin, Christian, Laycee, Logan and Lexi on the end to keep them from escaping. Dave and Taylor stood guard.
After we were fortified with our gelato we decided to take a stroll down by the famous Arno River. However, our friend Terrilee decided to do a pole dance and she even made a buck. LOL ( the payee is her husband, Chad).
This is us on a bridge that spans the river.
This is what it looks like at night. On the far right side of the picture is a church that we wanted to look at up close. The last time that we were in Pisa I was amazed by the craftsmanship that went in to building it. However, the lighting was so bad that we couldn't get any really good pictures of it at night. Oh well, maybe next time.
All in all, our second visit to Pisa was as fantastic as the first time. Even better because we got to see it with friends.
I know that the brothers will be interested in this. Taylor is on the Cross Country team. This was her first meet. She came in 9th. But she was the first one from Vicenza. Her time was 25:45 for a 5K. I think that she did fantastic.
Here she is crossing the finish line. She made us proud today.
After we took our turn holding up the tower we needed to get some refreshment. So we stopped for some gelato. Sean and Chad really enjoyed theirs on a cone.
We lined up the kids so that we didn't lose any to the night. First Kirra, then Jessie, followed by Trent, Charlie, Haylee, Gavin, Christian, Laycee, Logan and Lexi on the end to keep them from escaping. Dave and Taylor stood guard.
After we were fortified with our gelato we decided to take a stroll down by the famous Arno River. However, our friend Terrilee decided to do a pole dance and she even made a buck. LOL ( the payee is her husband, Chad).
This is us on a bridge that spans the river.
This is what it looks like at night. On the far right side of the picture is a church that we wanted to look at up close. The last time that we were in Pisa I was amazed by the craftsmanship that went in to building it. However, the lighting was so bad that we couldn't get any really good pictures of it at night. Oh well, maybe next time.
All in all, our second visit to Pisa was as fantastic as the first time. Even better because we got to see it with friends.
This is the bus that took us on a tour of some highlights in Florence. Our friend Terrilee is taking the picture and her husband, Chad and two kids, Kirra and Christian.
This is an old monistary that was turned in to a museum. We didn't have a tour guide so we just looked around ourselves. There were a lot of interesting paintings and rooms. The courtyard was very relaxing.
This is the Duomo in Florence. Sean tried to get it all in the picture. However, it is so big that it wouldn't fit. We went inside and it was amazing. Very well preserved.
On our way to see the Duomo we walked right over this picture on the sidewalk. Most of us didn't even notice it. 
At the end of our day, we wanted to go in to see the "David" by Michaelangelo but we decided that we hadn't planned to spend that much to get in to see it, so we went to McDonalds instead. We can't wait to go again to see all of the things that we missed.
