Pisa was LAME...

We were all so excited to be visiting the leaning tower of Pisa! I mean, how cool!! We had all only been in Italy for about 2 and 1/2 weeks and were totally in sight seeing mode. When we arrived, we realized that we would have to walk about a mile to get to the place where the tower was. And quickly into the walk, it became evident that this city use to be great! There were old universities, libraries, government halls, etc. There were incredible ancient fountains and ornate arches into parks and the like. But it was also evident that no one has cared about these things in a long time. The entire city was run down and it was a boring a gray walk all the way to the one bustling center of town where the Leaning Tower and the Duomo were located.

And the Tower was not all that big! Only like six stories.

Not all that cool...

And what made it worse, everyone was doing that stupid, "Look! I can hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa!" thing. Which is not to say we didn't do the same thing since we were there, but I mean, come'on! The city had a really cool river running through it and lots of cool old churches. I would have liked to have seen something of more interest. And unlike the Tower, not spent $11 to walk up six flights of stairs.

I'm Really Lame...