First Day in Italy - Morning in Pisa | A Little Further North

First Day in Italy - Morning in Pisa

We flew into Pisa from London Gatwick on Saturday night. Our flight was delayed for over an hour due to what they said was severe thunderstorms. I have a full blown panic attack every time we fly anyway, so hearing we may be flying into some huge storms and have bad turbulence was not good news...

However we managed to fly over them, and had practically no turbulence the whole way. You could see the storm clouds underneath as we flew over, they looked amazing.

We arrived in Pisa at 10.00 p.m. and went straight to the hotel. Not sure where the huge storms were supposed to be, but the weather in Pisa was fine. It was still about 25 degrees even that late.

Pisa was really only a stop off on the way to the Cinque Terre, so we got up early, had breakfast and went straight to the Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles). Our hotel was pretty central, so we were able to walk there in less than 15 minutes, including stopping to take photos on the way.

The Leaning Tower really is amazing. It really is on a big lean! Who knew? It's very surreal approaching it from the centre of Pisa, it just appears as you walk around the corner. The Campo dei Miracoli was pretty full of people, while the rest of Pisa was completely deserted. People obviously go to see the Leaning Tower and then leave. That's what we did! There's not much else to see in Pisa unfortunately..

We had amazing weather, it was about 28 degrees at 9.30 a.m. in the morning, and really sunny. Aside from the Tower, there is the Duomo, Baptistry and the Camposanto. How lovely of them to put all the most interesting parts of Pisa in one place!

We had to do the obligatory pose, but we chose to push the Tower over instead of holding it up. It is hilarious watching everyone standing with their arms out, or their feet in the air.

After our two hours of Pisa sightseeing, we checked out of the hotel and went to catch the train to our next stop... the Cinque Terre.