Florence and Pisa, Italy

The first place our cruise docked was Florence, but since we’d already vacationed in Florence several years ago, we decided to take a bus ride to Pisa instead. 

We loved posing with the Leaning Tower and watching all the tourists pose, too! (We didn’t climb to the top.) We also had a great lunch at a small café just outside the tourist area.

We didn’t stay long enough to form a true opinion, but while the Leaning Tower area is nice, the rest of Pisa seemed a little run down.  It felt like the Leaning Tower was all alone in the city, and Monica was worried it was going to fall.