Italy: La Spezia and Pisa

We had three days in Italy and they were awesome! We loved every minute. I will most definitely vacation in Italy again. The first day we woke up in La Spezia, a port town with access to both Florence and Pisa. It is a beautiful, cozy town built into the side of the Alps. The buildings are full of character. We were giddy to see that there really are a ton of mopeds in Italy. The streets were clean. The people were happy. It was a little piece of heaven.

 

 

Since we only had limited time, we decided to go to Pisa and save Florence for another trip. We bought train tickets for an early departure. When we got to the train station it was chaos. It turned out for the best. We got tickets for an hour and a half later and walked back into town to look around.

 

 

The last two days had been a bit chilly and finally this was a day that had promise. It was sunny and suppose to be 84 degrees. We found an open air market and decided to buy some picnic supplies for when we got to Pisa.

These focaccia were to die for, we ate 4 of them

 

Olives!

 

Ham and cheese, that he so kindly portioned and wrapped for travel

We saw the biggest lemons I've ever seen and they were growing on huge lemon trees throughout the city.

 

After the picnic was complete, we hopped the train and headed to Pisa. In the anti-Sweden way all the Southern Europeans sat in the shade and in the Swedish way we sat in the sun.

 

 

After a perfect afternoon, we made our way through the city, back to the train station. The train ride between Pisa and LaSpezia has beautiful scenery. Turns out they mine granite there. Hopefully not much longer so the beautiful mountains don't go away.

 

The weather was amazing and we enjoyed our slow walk from the train station back to the port. Finally we had gotten the sun and warmth we had been waiting for!

 

 

 

 

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