21/06/2016
This morning I left the campsite in Portofino and headed for Rome which was a good 200 mile journey with a stop off in Pisa to see the leaning tower. After hot and sweaty 85 miles I entered the town of Pisa and found a parking spot straight away. I don't mess around trying to find a closer one as the van with no power steering can be a right pain to park or turn around.
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| Van squeezed into a parking spot in a street in Pisa |
The benefit to parking so far away means you get to take a scenic walk through the towns, albeit a very brisk walk as I only put 1 euro in the meter. 1 euro, 1 hour.. surely that should easily be enough time to go and find the tower and walk through some random streets there and back.
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| Large river cutting through Pisa |
After about a 20 minute walk I could finally see the tower, it was actually quite impressive and stood at quite an angle. Hundreds of people were stood around trying to catch the classic pose of holding the tower and I walked through them - probably in the pictures to get a closer look. Armed guards stood at the bottom and you could go in and walk up the top but I didn't really fancy standing in the queue. I wandered around for a while until I had to head back before I got a parking fine. It was enough of a quick wiz around Pisa and I still had a fair journey to the campsite in Rome.
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| Leaning tower of Pisa |
When I arrived in Rome I didn't bother doing much as it was already 5pm. Instead I decided to head to the pool to relax and then set up the slackline as the spot had two perfect trees. This took some figuring out as the trees were so chunky, but the spare tow rope came to the rescue and helped me set it up.
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| Managed to set up the slackline, perfect spot next to the van |
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