Pisa and Siena

Well we spent on night a Pisa and luckily found this campsite without to much of a problem. The drive from Florance was really quick so we set up camp and walked the 800m to the tower. There is a crazy market place along the stip that has the cathedral and the tower which is encircled by a large wall. The market sells just about everything. I even got some fake oakleys for 5 euro. Well the tower itself was really impressive and it really does look like it is about to fall down. We wanted to go up it but the price was crazy. 15 euros per person and lets face it, the view over the rest of the town of Pisa is not one I care to see.

We spent about 2 hours walking around the grounds, snapping photos, and easting some cheap hot dogs from a street vendor. With that we headed back the campsite for a nice swim in the pool (where I had to buy a swimming cap) and read for the rest of the afternoon.

Today we drove the long way through a town called Volterra on our way to Siena. We came into the town about 2:00pm and went to see the mumified head at the church San Domenico. Its encased in a glass shrine but you can still see some of the teeth. Really strange. Once again though no photos were allowed. After that we headed to the Duomo which from the outside is really quite spectacular. We paid 3 euro to get in and were we unaware that it was just babtistry since it was all under scalfolding and was under an extensive renovation. When we tried to get into the actually church there was a huge line up and they wanted another 6 euro each plus another 6 euro each to get into the crypt. Can't pay to go in everything. We headed over to the main town sqaure called Plaza Campo. It was filled with restaurants around the outside and a lot of touristy stores. Well that should bring the trip mostly up to date. Tomorrow we are heading to Rome for 3 nights and then off to the Amalfi coast for some R and R.