Pisa - the home of the leaning tower, was the destination for today. Driving in Tuscany is a challenge as the roads tend to be smaller than usual and the GPS works in a strange way. However it does get us out of trouble when we turn the wrong way. The metallic feminine voice saying "recalculate" does grate at times.
Pisa is impressive, larger than one's impressions before arriving and not too commercialised. Strange thing; all of the the vendors retailing watches and jewelry are Africans, perhaps marginalised people but black all the same. No white Italians in this business.
We visited the Baptistry and the Cathedral as well as looking at the Tower, looking id free but a combination ticket for the two visits cost 6 euros each.
The end of the day was spent in the Town square at Greve, sipping wine and watching the workmen put up the booths, that will fill the square with wine producers offering tasting experiences in the forthcoming wine festival later in the week.
Florence tomorrow.
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