Pisa today so a lot of time was spent looking at the leaning tower and marvelling but even more time was spent trying to construct the best photo with the tower! Let's call it a photography lesson. Then on to the next most important activity of the day - pizza in a piazza in Pisa - tick. We did then climb the tower and try more crazy photos at the top, as well as being slightly disconcerted by the world looking a bit wonky from up there! And finally - gelato...

We had a wonderful day today! From the stunning views of the sparkling, turquoise waters to the roller coaster like journey on the bus. Overall, I must say this is one of the best days we've had! We started the day with freezing showers, meaning we missed the bus. Luckily, the lady was kind so we got to the station just in the nick of time! The train took us to Vernazza and then we stone skimmed on the beach. Next, we went to a pub and me & Daniel had fresh...

We woke to such a beautiful day this morning (the weather which had been forecast for yesterday probably!) that we were all sad to leave our lovely beach but we had to push on today so we left first thing. North first to Decathlon (well we haven't visited yet so far this trip) and then on a long drive through numerous tunnels and across bridges to Nothern Italy passing lots of lovely riviera towns probably but none looked particularly accessible for a big beast...