Last night we had a great dinner at Trattoria Za-Za, (www.trattoriazaza.it) in the little square just around the corner from our hotel. Wonderful food, maybe the best yet and interesting decor. We noticed a band setting up in the square so after dinner we went out and sat on a planter with benches - front row seats- to watch "Apple Juice and Le Sylbarrene". There were 3 women singing, all dressed up like the Andrews Sisters from the 40s and they did this whole act complete with synchronized moves. They harmonized great on tunes from the 40s, 50s and 60s in English and Italian. Lots of fun.
This morning I got up early and went to the train station to get more reservations for later in the week. This was a good idea since there was only a 5 minute line-up. Now we have reservations from Venice to Verona as well as Florence to Venice - all 1st class coaches and intercity trains with fewer stops.
At breakfast we decided to get some ambition and hop on the train to Pisa for the day. It's only an hour on the regional train and we can just get on and off those trains with no reservations or tickets.
Pisa is interesting but we must be getting a little jaded about fantastic sights. The tower really does have quite a lean - this is what happens when engineers are drunk all through university (Note to Zack and Joe). We got there, it was impressive, we took the ultimate tourist pictures, went for a pizza (in Pisa - Anita thinks this is hysterical for some reason), got on the train and came back - about a 5 hour trip altogether.
Now we're cooling off before dinner although today wasn't quite as hot (maybe only low 30s) and there were even a few clouds - which we haven't seen in about 2 weeks. Tomorrow it's off to Venice on the 8:30 train.
The ultimate tourist pose reminded me of that brass statue Dad brought back from the war, The Pissoir I think. It's in France or Belgium, not sure. Anyway I hope you purchased some leaning tower of Pisa salt and pepper shakers-they're a sure conversation starter at any meal.
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