I always wanted to see the leaning tower of Pisa.   For years I didn’t know where it was but once I found out it was in Italy I knew I would see it…….once I got to Italy, that was! Pisa is a large university town so there are lots of young folks hanging around and of course they’ve all got the most up to date cameras, selfie sticks, etc. so I looked a little odd with my ipad……..but who cares as the picture came out.  The tower is nearly 200 feet tall, 55 ft wide, weighing 14,000 tons and leaning at a 5 degree angle.    Apparently it started to lean shortly after it was built which was over two centuries by three architects, all trying to correct the problem, but obviously unsuccessful.   It was closed in the 1990’s for repairs to the tune of 30 million and besides the ongoing leaning issue they are also struggling with erosion – a work in progress, I guess.   Today you can climb it and for a very brief moment I considered it until Marilyn read from her book that any student wanting to graduate from the University of  Pisa should take the climb off their bucket list!   There were all kinds of people walking around the top but we passed on that adventure and decided to move on to our next stop, San Gimignano in the heart of Tuscany.