Pisa, Italy- We arrived in Pisa at about 10:30am, on Easter Sunday. We found a side street, parked the car and walked over to the square. As we approached the entrance gates, our mouths dropped with awe from what we began to see. The gate opened into a huge courtyard lined with street vendors selling everything under the sun dealing with Pisa and that leaning tower. We stopped and tried to take in all of the sites.
It was very crowded as we learned Easter mass was starting shortly. But the bonus with mass going on is that we got admission to the Duomo Cathedral for free! We stood at the entrance and saw 6-8 priests, some quite high up in the priest chain, as they prepared for the procession.
We made our way down to the front of the church and saw the amazing architecture of the old cathedral. We also could hear the beautiful sounds of the choir as mass was beginning. Kate got some amazing video, listen below.
After we attended Easter mass (this is for the moms’, we only stayed 10 minutes), we walked out the door and to the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was a site to behold. We took a ton of pictures as we walked all around the tower. As you can see below, sometime the tower magically straightens up for some pictures, can you see the difference? Can you guess who took the pictures?
After we saw the Tower, we walked back to the street vendors and bought some gifts and souvenirs. From there, we loaded the car and headed off for our next adventure.
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