Our next and final stop on this trip is Italy. We were going there just to visit friends of Carol’s family and our Italian friend who had just had a baby, but of course we couldn’t miss this opportunity to see a bit of beautiful Italy!

So we flew from Paris to Pisa and we spent the day touring this ancient Italian city where is located the famous leaning tower of Pisa. It is really amazing to think that the tower is still standing!

The site where the tower is located is much more beautiful than everyone thinks, as there are three other architectural marvels in the same style of the Tower.

From Pisa we took the train to the small coastal town of Massa, where Elena, a friend of Carol’s mother, picked us up. We spent the weekend at their house, which sits on top of a mountain, in the tiny town of Cerreto di Montignoso. An ancient and great mountain home that had a wonderful view to the sea.

We enjoyed our time with the whole family (the grandmother Luciana, her son Daniel and his girlfriend Elisa) … We went for dinner at a restaurant of typical dishes of the region, we visited the tourist town of Pietrasanta, we have lots of laughs and Carol tried to practice her basic Italian. It was good to see this beloved family again!

After we took the train to Florence and stayed there for two days since Alexis didn’t know yet. Florence is one of the most charming cities in Italy and the Duomo has a unique and impressing architecture. To wander in the narrow streets and admire its ancient buildings is a delight.

Florence is also the capital of the statues, here there is the famous statue of David made by Michael-Ange.

When we were there we met Angela, a Brazilian who began traveling the world after us and that had gotten in touch with us by Kiki’s e-mail. We knew each other virtually and we finally had the chance to meet her personally. We made delicious Italian meals and strolled together on these two days. It was a good surprise.

We are loving our days in the beautiful Italy, with a lot of pasta, vino, gelatto, formaggio, pizza and great companies. :-)