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Day
8
(September 20, 2020)
Pisa
Before
This day
we'll leave Florence as early as possible because we have a tight route
for today. The idea is going directly to San Gimignano and, after
completed our visit to the medieval town, we'll drive to Pisa, where
we'll probably get our lunch. The last ride will be the one to reach
Parma, where we will spend the night.
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After
Breakfast, check out and having our car back are
fast and we are in the Piazzale of Michelangelo around 11 AM. We find
here another replica of David and a sort of big balcony
with views to the Arno river and the city's Old Town. We spend sometime
here enjoying the best views of Florence.
We come back to the car and fill the deposit of
petrol before leaving the city since we've seen rates are quite more
expensive on road. We don't stop until be at the entrance of San
Gimignano, which we reach by few minutes past 12 PM.
 
It is crowded, and we must wait for someone leaving the parking
before being able to enter. Then, we walk to the entrance to the walled
town for a stroll. We could feel like being on an ancient period if it wasn't by the number of tourists here.
   
The town is full of restaurants and shops of
cheeses and meats of the area and, obviously, gifts. It seems an
ideal place for lunching, but it is too early for us.
 
We come back to the car after completing our visit
to take our way to Pisa. We leave the place looking for general views
of the town, which is at the top of a hill.
At 2 PM we're still in our way to Pisa and we pay
attention to places where we can stop for lunch and we end up by
stopping in the restaurant of a gas station around 2:45 PM. Two dishes
of steaks at lemon and one of risotto and drinks by 25€.
We arrive at Pisa a few minutes before 4 PM. We've come with the idea
of going directly to the parking Torre di Pisa, and we leave the car
there.
It's raining now and there are vendors on the way
that are offering umbrellas, but we've brought ours.
 
We do our walk around Piazza dei Miracoli enjoying
the buildings of white marble inside the walled area, with the Leaning
Tower at the end. It seems people is no longer allowed to walk on the
grass for the typical pictures.
 
Once this visit is finished we only have to arrive at our hotel in
Parma, which we should get around 7 PM but, once we leave the motorway
to Genoa, and we take the A15 to Parma, an accident makes us to be
practically stopped for one hour and a half.
We arrive at Parma at night, past 8 PM. After checking in
at hotel we leave looking for a quick dinner that we get with two
slices of pizza and drinks by 6.50€.
 
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