The Baptistery followed by the Cathedral and the leaning tower in the back.
We started our tour in the Cathedral.
The boys inside the Cathedral. It was quite the experience with a real human skull on display and various graves inside. I and A wanted to put up some candles like they saw other people doing, so we had to try to teach them a little theology.
We went into the Baptistery next. We would have started here, but it was actually being used . It was neat that they still use these buildings for their original purpose. The picture is looking down into the center of the Baptistery from the second level. While we were up here a man came and stood right in the center and started singing a chant. The acoustics and echo in that building are amazing!!! On the way back down the stairs a man was chanting softly so A took up the chorus. The echo in the stairwell made quite a neat effect and he was quite a hit with the other visitors.
I sitting on one of the Saint markers inside the Baptistery.
Also, while on the stairs to the second level of the Baptistery, we found the really neat bell. K especially was enthralled.
What the boys really enjoyed doing--feeding pigeons out of their hands.
Finally we visited the tower!
You have to be 8 yrs or older to climb to the top of the tower, so I headed up there by myself. As you go up, the stairs keep getting smaller and smaller.
Here I am at the top trying to take a picture of myself. You go up and think you are a high as they'll let you go, and then you climb up some more. On my tour, there were several people who suddenly realized they were afraid of heights because they started crawling on their hands and knees. It was pretty silly.
Me and then D in front of the tower. This is actually from the less photographed side, so I don't think you can see the lean so much. It's hard to get the whole family in a photo without making a fool of yourself. We tried a little before deciding to take seperate shots.
K after a long day of sightseeing.
2 comments:
ok vanessa, I am seriously jealous of your neat experiences. I did Pisa too, 8 years ago! Where has the time gone! Maybe before you leave Italy we can come visit you? We have some good friends from Romania who live in Prato and they keep begging us to come. The marble quarry is amazing!
I wish I could have seen that! (the people afraid and crawling, that is ;))
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