Pisa and Lucca

My study abroad program took a day trip to Pisa and Lucca. We spent the morning in Pisa. We saw the church, baptistry, and old cemetary. It was a gorgeous day and the first time the sun had been out all day in a very long time!


inside the church:



baptistry

I also decided to embrace my inner tourist that I try to avoid with this pic of me holding up the leaning tower.
something about being in pisa makes this ok!

After a couple hours in Pisa, we got back on the bus to go to Lucca. Lucca is a tiny town nicknamed "the city with a hundred churches". Fitting a hundred churches in this town seems a bit unlikely. We went on a walking tour of a couple of churches and an old ampitheater that is now apartments and cafes.




My favorite part about our short stay in Lucca was the fall leaves! Fall in Austin looks strangely similar to summer with a slight change in temperature. Lucca is a very pretty town but unfortunately not too interesting.
gorgeous fall trees