With a heavy heart we left the Italian Adriatic coast but our mood changed when we started driving through Tuscany. Our campsite is perched on a hilltop surrounded by olive trees, vineyards and terracotta roofed buildings and churches– exactly how you would expect it to be. The last picture is the view from our pitch.
Pisa is very quite, might be something to do with the Palio today down in Sienna (Stu was going to go but it is so hot here and it requires 7 hours stood in the sun to get a view!). We are still having a great time, however because of its rural location our campsite does not have internet so we will blog again in 2 days time when we are in Florence.
FOD:
The leaning tower has always leaned. The foundations subsided during construction when only 3 of the 8 stories were complete. Work stopped for 150 years as architect after architect could not solve the problem, then in 1318 they decided to continue building it anyway.
Its great seeing you lot are having so much fun....and with FOD I get to learn stuff as well. This is the best blogg ever!
ReplyDeleteLooking well Cummins family, very jealous. I did a road trip to Redditch this week....doesn't quite have the same appeal as Pisa.
Looking forward to the next instalment.
hope baz did'nt keep partying far into the night,and left you some gin.my i always new stu was a man to rely on strong,he can support anything!the girls and yourselves look very well really do envy all the sights you are seeing.i think i might have spelt everything right tonight.love and miss you loads ma and pa.xxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHave to say you all look very well and healthy we always said Stuart was a great supporter (but that was of course Liverpool), seriously though that was a very good picture. Olivia looks so grown up in some of these pictures and of course Eloise just seems to smile at everything. Can't wait to see you all it seems such a long time and as you can imagine we are so sorry we will not see you on 31st. Hopefully it won't be too long after that. Enjoy the rest of the holiday, we hope you enjoy Florence, we did. Ab make sure you go to the bridge where all the jewellers are, you never know you might be able to persuade Stuart to part with some of his money. Lots of love and miss you all, Lots of kisses Mum, Dad, Nannie and Grandad xxxx
ReplyDeleteOlivia looks so brown as do you Ab!! Brings back some great memories...your Dad is right Stu, the Pontevechio bridge is a defininite for Ab, the hole in your pocket will be big!! We loved the leather market too. Have a great time. Hope Baz likes culture!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place to stop! And, I love the Pisa Pic with Stu...classic!
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