Big Adventures, Little World

Back on the bus we went and by now I had become pretty accustomed to sleeping on the bus which was good considering all the late nights and early mornings we were having. We were always trying to cram as much as possible into the days, but with such little time in so many places that’s all we could do. We were on our way to Florence, but had a quick stop to make at a little known place called Pisa, famous for the Leaning Tower of Pisa!

When we arrived we had a short walk through to where the tower is located and got a little bit of history of the tower and surrounding buildings. We all went off to explore around for a while, but after our obligatory ‘holding the tower up’ photos, we started to wander back. Walking around in the 40 plus degree heat wasn’t that fun so we found shade where we could and waited for the others.

We got to the campsite and for a nice change we had permanent tents that were setup at the campsite, so no setting up the tents meant we could shower and relax at the bar during happy hour for a while before heading into town for dinner, paid for from our food fund. Our cook Mark loved this also, because it meant he didn’t have to cook and he could relax and hang out with us. We went to a bar/restaurant called the ‘Red Garter’ and after a couple of drinks it was time to head through to the restaurant for our meals. It started off with an entrée of pasta which was delicious, and considering we were in Italy, so it should be. The main course was chicken and was decidedly average, but not too bad nonetheless. After dinner we headed back through to the bar and had a few more drinks, including a ‘Tower of Beer’ which was 3.5L and usually shared between 3 or 4 of us. This turned into a few more towers as the night went on, and then cocktails jugs as well. Most of us got stuck into some karaoke and dancing before finally deciding to head back to camp and call it a night.