It would be fair improper not to go to Pisa, just because "everyone does" (and they sure do).
What a right, royal balls up! I found myself laughing at the sheer absurdity of the thing, and the fact that construction battled on for 200 years to get it such. I'm sure Jesus knows the thought was there, but man it's a mind-bend.
What a right, royal balls up! I found myself laughing at the sheer absurdity of the thing, and the fact that construction battled on for 200 years to get it such. I'm sure Jesus knows the thought was there, but man it's a mind-bend.
Walking up it is just as interesting - because of the slant, you feel you are at times walking up to go down and vice-versa. and the slant isn't uniform, it is partly corrected which adds to the weird gravity it seems to possess. But it is beautiful. Yes, it may be a bit slopey, but it sure doesn't skimp on charm or detail. Bells, marble florettes, curved brickwork, the lot.
Lined up in the piazza are a million 'souvenir' shops selling every kind of slanted item. Cups, mugs, mirrors, bottles, wines, oils, candles, statues, books, cloths, miniatures, chairs, hats... all sloping to the same degree as the fated tower. Yes it is a bit kitchy, but also pretty cool. There are also hand carved marble replicas of the tower and David.
Off to Bologna today to check out some tortellini I hear is unmissable.
2 comments:
babe: can you attach a picture on it? i know which Pisa you are talking about. but it will be lovely to see some photos as well.
So when you get back are you gonna be wearing a new sloping hat then?
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