Leaning tower of Pisa

Pisa, Italy. Prior to my visit, I was unaware that there was much more to see than the famous leaning tower of Pisa. Before the gates, people from different cultures lined up to sell different goods. You name it, it was there. It was markets like these that gave you a sense of italian culture and humor. Of course, my friends and made sure to get our touristy pictures, carefully planned out. However, it was here that I entered the first church (before being completely “churched out” due to visiting what felt like 100 a day) that took my breath away. We also visited the baptistry where a man sang to demonstrate the size and echo. The grass was greener than i’ve ever seen, the sky was blue, and pisa was packed with excited tourists such as myself. We quickly lost our group to later find them again just to lose them again. I remember being so amazed I simply could not stop looking around and before I knew it, with the exception of a few of my friends, everyone else was gone. We were free to explore. And so we did. We found churches, the baptistry, burial grounds, the tower itself, and markets upon markets.My last memory of Pisa was on the way out. I walked along side two little boys fighting over an Italian flag speaking the language a mile a minute.