![]() ![]() The piazza leads into Corsa Italia, a chic street lined with boutiques, bakeries, art galleries, leather goods shops and cafe's and more.You can have your fill of shopping here. It is an awesome piece of art by an artist who brought AIDS into public view through his street art style subway drawings. This mural is titled "Tuttomondo" and what is really cool about it is the theme, which is that of peace and harmony in the world, which can be read through the links and divisions between the 30 figures which, like a puzzle, occupy 180 square meters of the south wall of the church of St. Keith has also designed a jacket worn by a pink-wigged Madonna for a performance of her song " Like a Virgin" for the TV dance program Solid Gold. Right around this area I was excited to find a mural made by a Pisan student and artist Keith Haring of New York. We saw groups, actually hoards of youngsters with backpacks gathering around the square with the Polizia in the side lines. ![]() Since it was early morning, it was quiet, a few hawkers were lining up the pavements and arranging hats, sunglasses, umbrellas and all kinds of "leaning" souvenirs. Walked out of the station into Piazza Vittorio Emanuel, got a pic with the man himself. I had an entire day and it was a bit overcast, so me and my husband set out on our own pace. It showed all the sites to visit clearly and I got my bearings for the city and now I had a plan. And as is a cliche in life "to tick off" the major sites, this was exactly my plan, until I bought a map of the city. ![]() Well, when you imagine Pisa, Italy, the first thing that comes to mind is of course the leaning tower. We took the train from Firenze (Florence) to Pisa- a scenic train ride through Tuscany. For all the places you want to go, you can buy the ticket at the counter, in vending machines or online. Trenitalia has a good network and is cheap. So, if you want to travel in Italy, all the trips can be done by train. Well, sometimes you have to reassess, reorganize and reset and go on. I sure did realize this when I overslept and missed my early morning train to Pisa. Misadventures are part of adventures as well. ![]()
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