Day 115: Pisa dis Pizza

Today was a our final drive through the Tuscan countryside. Both our parents are similar in age and have birthdays in late April/May (Susan, Susan, and Bert). Since We’ve collected snacks and drinks to mail home for birthdays. We found an international delivery service in Florence and finally could send the heavy bag we were carrying throughout Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, and Italy.

We stopped in Pisa to drop our backpacks at the hostel and check out the leaning tower. When you are a kid, you imagine this tower is in the middle of the city and could hit the buildings around it. Maybe it was only Mary, but the tower was of great concern as a child. When you see it in person, it’s on a huge cathedral complex and will only land in grass.

Still “It do be leaning tho” - Kieran

Next we grabbed some pizza and drove to Florence to mail that package. The streets were so crowded with pedestrians and super tiny; it’s wild that Google maps recommends people drive here.

Mailing the package home was interesting because there are many rules and differences between US states. For instance, no meats and no liquors. Mary got away with a tiny limoncello bottle because the people were nice. We learned that you can send 25 bottles of wine to Missouri, but only 8 to North Carolina.

With the packages sent, we returned the car and got a 50 minute train back to Pisa. Grabbed dinner at a family spot and had the best pizza/food. Mary made lots of faces reacting to the delicious pizza and the older waiter just couldn’t stop smiling or laughing. We take turns using our travel credit cards, and this is the second time Kieran got roasted for Mary paying in Italy. The waiter asked if she had a sister that would pay for the bills too.

Hostel: Safestay Pisa

Restaurants:
Pizzeria Da Filippo Pisa
Il Prosciuttaio

Food:
Margarita pizza
Sausage pizza
Spicy Salami pizza
Porcini Fungi Pasta
Tiramisu

Spots:
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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