Today we went to Pisa and Lucca. Pisa is about an hour by train from Florence. Everything is an hour away. The farther it is the faster the train.
Pisa has a tower. I have confirmed that it is in fact leaning. It was VERY windy.
Pisa
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Food
The number one place in Florence for a sandwich is All’ antico Vinaio, as rated on TripAdvisor. We got there 15 minutes before they opened for lunch, and were behind only 3 people. The picture below is from late afternoon on the previous day. We walked past this place twice and there was a huge line both times. The sandwiches are so fresh the line pauses waiting for more focaccia bread to come out of the oven. We both had porchetta.
And of course gelato (from a different place)
Museum of Precious Stones
Small museum containing some cool inlaid marble tables and art.
Duomo Museum
The Duomo Museum contains a bunch of original items from the church and also models of the “new” façade. It also contains the baptistry doors and Michelangelo’s pietà, one of, if not his last sculpture.
Florence Duomo
The Duomo, or big church, was started in 1296 and completed in 1436, but the current façade is from the 19th century.
Under the dome