When we arrived we noticed a line to queue up for the climb so jumped in at the end of it. We got to the front of the line about 3.40 and the guy in charge said we were late for our booking. Being Australian, you usually line up for things and don't just walk to the front of the line to go in. Anyway, we were lucky enough that they were going to let us in but not as a whole group unfortunately. They made us go up in groups of 5 with one teacher at a time. In the end it didn't matter because they could've quite easily said no.
The view from the top was amazing although it was a bit overcast. The kids were keen to take plenty of photos trying to hold up the tower etc. Some very interesting initiative shown, including "photo bombing" of other groups' photos and their peers. I had a laugh with the kids as well taking a one finger approach (see below). Our stay in Pisa was fairly lengthy, around 3.5-4 hours and well worth it from the looks of some of the kids photos.
We then had a brisk walk back to the train station to catch the 5.54 train to Florence so we could get to dinner by 7. The train was 5 mins late plus stopped at every station so we didn't arrive in Florence until after 7! Half of the group met a lady from Melbourne, Claire, and we asked her to join us for dinner. We ate at the same restaurant as the first night, Baroncelli, and had pasta in a meat sauce with trifle for dessert. The kids and I felt like a gelato so we got one on the walk home.
The kids were in their rooms to write their journals and lights out by about 10pm. Tomorrow is another big day with lessons in the morning, Galleria of academia to see the Statue of David and piazza del Michelangelo to see the full panoramic view of Florence from the mountain. The kids will get a chance to do a bit of shipping on the last few days here and I might take the boys (and whoever else wants to come) to the Ferrari factory in Maranello on Sunday!
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