Pisa is still leaning! and Volterra is like a windy Taylor, only pretty

Friday afternoon found the bell tower, pushed it up, took photos, bought trinkets, had quite possibly the worst pizza and burger ever! We interacted with a Irish family that was touring the Pisa as well, and they misplaced thier oldest son (about 7). Mom says, "In Ireland you're required to have a license to have a dog, but not to have children." They recovered thier son. We missed last train to Volterra, so we had to get the last bus that night. While waiting for the bus, Krystal observed that practically all vehicles are hatch backs, no trunks. The bus ride was about 1.5 hours long with Char having to sit behind a stinky B.O. boy and listen to thier loud iPods. Krystal however just enjoyed the view, looking for Volterra signs to make sure we hadn't missed our stop. We got in late, found a hotel by the main square of Piazza di Priori. Had an expensive vegetarian meal, and crashed for the night. Oh, Krystal took some night pictures of the alley while Char went inside because she was freezing from the wind.

Saturday morning we headed to the square so we could walk (or run, not that we did) the same path that Bella, in the book New Moon (Twilight fans will know what this means, wahoo!) only to discover that thier ain't no frickin' fountian in the middle of the square! Krystal was going to run across it, but no possible. Writers and thier creative liberties just sunk Krystal's little heart. We managed to walk the rest of the route Bella took to find Edward and made it back to the clock tower at 11:58 (that's two minutes before Edward is about to reveal himself). If Krystal were using an old school camera, she would have blown through the equivalent of 3 rolls of 36 exposure on the alleys and buildings in Volterra. Volterra is worth going back to, the Tuscan views are breath taking, although it was a little misty that day. Not having much time there, we left much of Volterra unexplored. We caught the bus and headed to Pontedera on our way to Pompeii.