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I am married to my loving husband for more than 40 years now. I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, until years ago when I lost my youngest son. Since then my life is forever altered but yet unbroken....

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Tuesday 4 March 2008

Italy 2008: 02 Pisa - The Panoramic Leaning Tower...

"Success is not permanent and failure is not fatal..." - Mike Ditka

(4 March 2008)

(The tower has not fallen yet!)

Train travel in Italy is a convenient and usually the best option for visiting cities, where driving is nerve-wrecking and parking is scarce and expensive. In major cities, the train station is usually in the city center or right on the perimeter. 

We booked an early train from Genoa to Rome and enjoyed an idyllic countryside view out the train window. As we would be passing Pisa en route to Rome, we decided to disembark in Pisa Centrale. We kept our luggage in the train station for a small fee. There's a lot more to Pisa than the Leaning Tower and walking from the train station, across the river, and through Pisa town is an excellent and a worthwhile exploration. We walked a distance of 2 km to the famous leaning tower and spent some time touring the area around the tower. 

We took a different route on the way back to Pisa Centrale Station and boarded the next train to Rome.

(A short walk from the train station)
(56m white-marble cylinder)
(Already tilting when it was completed in 1372)
(500 years of eroded stairs of Pisa Tower)
(The bell tower of the Romanesque)
(Piazza dei Miracoli)
(Crossing the Arno River to Pisa Centrale)

2008: Genoa, Italy ðŸ‘‰

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Nong, do they still allow tourists to go into the Pisa Tower and climb to the top? I was there in 1978 and at that time I was able to get to the top.

Nong said...

Ong,
Yes. We saw tourists lining up to climb up to the top, for a small fee, i think.

Both of us skip the climbing. I don't think we have the stamina to reach the top. Dah tua, tak larat... he he...