{"id":58395,"date":"2026-07-10T15:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=58395"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:48:46","slug":"florencepisa-2026-day-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=58395","title":{"rendered":"Florence(Pisa) 2026 Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Florence 2026 Day 2.<\/p>\n

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\nLook at me, I\u2019m smart. Since the coffee overflowed yesterday, I found myself a larger cup this morning.<\/p>\n

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\nWe are heading to the train station for a late morning train. Heading to Pisa today to see\u2026you know, the tower. We debated about whether we would like to take a whole day out of Florence and go through the hassle of getting on a train to go to Pisa. Then PL bought a charm for her charm bracelet and it had the leaning tower of Pisa on it. Then we asked if the kids wanted to go see it, and it was a resounding yes. So yeah, I guess we\u2019ll make the effort to go see it. On top of that, seeing how annoyingly crowded and touristy Florence is, we are happy to make a day trip out of town.<\/p>\n

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\nThis 10min walk \u00a0to the train station is much more enjoyable without having to carry our heavy backpacks.<\/p>\n

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\nReached the station in no time, easy peasy.<\/p>\n

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\nHoly shit balls, it\u2019s crowded here at the station. Seriously, not a fan of Florence crowds.<\/p>\n

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\nOne train, no transfers. This should be easy, in theory.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile on the train ride, RL was showing the children photos of dogs. For some reason, RL likes this dog, as if having one terrible dog at home already isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

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\nGot here from Florence in a little bit over an hour. Now we walk.<\/p>\n

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\nThere she is.<\/p>\n

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\nIn person, the lean is quite severe. Like\u2026how has it not fallen over yet?<\/p>\n

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\nWe could have gotten tickets to climb the tower, but LKL is too young to climb. I guess that makes it easy, let\u2019s not climb. It\u2019s also really hot over here anyhow, so probably best idea to not climb.<\/p>\n

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\nWe are going to get lunch here before the restaurants fill up with crowds.<\/p>\n

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\nIt\u2019s a little tricky trying to find a restaurant in an area that caters almost exclusively to tourists. I feel much the same looking for restaurants in Florence. When everyone has good reviews, rightfully or not, I tend to pick ones that are a little farther away than the one with better view or shorter walk. I figured their rent is cheaper so it\u2019ll either be better food for same price or cheaper food.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is the spot. And by farther away, I meant we had to walk an extra minute.<\/p>\n

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\nAlways show up early with a group of 5, so you can get the big tables. And in this case, the tables in the back room with COOL AC!!!<\/p>\n

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\nCL with her overall that she got at Uniqlo in UK. Looks cute, but we told her it would be hot today. She chose cute.<\/p>\n

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\nI think I prefer Menabrea, but this isn\u2019t bad either. Italian beers all seem to play pretty nicely with my tummy.<\/p>\n

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\nThe girls just want their spagetti. Well, it\u2019s never just called spagetti, it\u2019s always some fancier name here in Italy.<\/p>\n

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\nWe are a little bit closer to the coast over here in Pisa, so some seafood. I\u2019m surprised there isn\u2019t more seafood options here in Italy, since we are really not that far from the coast anywhere we\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n

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\nCheeseplate\u2026of course, they put pistachios in the jam\/honey, so we had to ask for new ones.<\/p>\n

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\nLKL wanted pizza, fine. Let\u2019s keep it simple and easy today.<\/p>\n

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\nItalians make good steaks. Lunch was good, and it was even better since the AC was working well.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, in search of gelatos.<\/p>\n

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\nI think we are eating even more ice cream on this trip than when we were in Japan. Not complaining, and neither are the kids.<\/p>\n

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\nLet\u2019s snap a few more photos before we head back to the train station. Already have our return tickets booked. 2.5 hours in Pisa including lunch and we\u2019ll be done. Been there done that now.<\/p>\n

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\nI mean\u2026I guess it\u2019s kinda cool to see it in person and see the crazy lean.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat\u2019s this crazy plant by the train station restroom?<\/p>\n

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\nPaid entry to use restroom. Works for us, keeps them nicer than otherwise.<\/p>\n

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\nOf course, we have the only train platform where we don\u2019t have cover on top. It\u2019s really hot and sunny, it\u2019s miserable. We are hiding here underground until we get closer to our train arrival time.<\/p>\n

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\nWaiting up top, train is late, of course. This is the only shade up here, and it\u2019s just a tiny piece of clear plastic. Why do the other two platforms have full shade and we don\u2019t here? Sucks, and miserable.<\/p>\n

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\nFinally on the train, let\u2019s go back to Florence.<\/p>\n

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\nFound an underground walkway in Florence station that avoids some of the walking in the sun, nice.<\/p>\n

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\nPriests jaywalking like the rest of us. Good thing only ecclesiastical laws apply to them and not secular laws.<\/p>\n

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Got back to our Airbnb, fed the kids some food we\u2019ve accumulated in our fridge for the past few days. Surprised I forgot to take a photo of their dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile the kids were eating and watching on iPads, RL and I went out right across the entrance of our building and into a restaurant to have a little meal by ourselves. This time, it\u2019s in the basement. I couldn\u2019t get cell reception down here, so I had to connect to their WiFi in order to be able to receive and send texts to the kids on their iPads to check in on them.<\/p>\n

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\nPretty cute basement. RL picked out this shirt for me to wear on this trip for when we eat a nicer meal. Well, that nicer meal didn\u2019t really happen since it\u2019s just been so much traveling with the kids, so I\u2019m wearing it now.<\/p>\n

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\nUnfortunately, this isn\u2019t the relaxing dinner we had hoped for. At the table right behind us, these two Taiwanese girls were recording their meal for social media. RL felt uncomfortable being in their video frame the whole time. We tried scooting to a different spot on our table but being such a small restaurant, there wasn\u2019t too much we could do.<\/p>\n

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\nIt comes in cans.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd in tiny baby bottles.<\/p>\n

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\nSome pork and of course, some roast chickpeas. We need to make chickpeas like this back in Austin. Yum.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd also big bottles.<\/p>\n

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\nHey girlfriend!<\/p>\n

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\nBack at our Airbnb after a quick dinner. LKL loves these grissini and wants to bring this all the way back to Austin for his Ah Ma. Kinda sweet.<\/p>\n

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\nCool terrace, wish we had more motivation and energy to use it. Also, if it was cooler that\u2019d be nice too. RL said she would use it but I never want to go out there with her and she wants my company.<\/p>\n

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To be continued at Florence 2026 Day 4 Part 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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