so we're back in pisa, a little more than a year after our last trip. ryanair, relatively cheap tickets. of course by the time i booked them with the dates i preferred, it was more than twice the price. but still, 100 something euros roundtrip each is reasonable. we are on our way to the cinque terre - along the coast - 5 small towns with foot paths between them and a railroad. i booked it and THEN found out about the disastrous mudslides last fall. they are repairing the damage. many footpaths closed, don't even know if the railroad is totally working...
this morning in paris, i went to conversation group in the form of a champagne party given by the russian lady who
just got french citizenship, she cooked us all an authentic russian
lunch including her own home made marinated salmon, piroskas and more. i had to leave early to rush home to pick up my bag to head to meet the family and go to beauvais airport. we arrived in pisa approx 6 hours door to door from paris. within a half an hour after the plane touched the ground and after a quick 10 euro taxi ride, we were in our hotel room . same hotel as last year. we went to the same recommended restaurant - the one with the campy large photocreations of the saints. we had our well anticipated pasta, some of the same dishes as last year, like the excellent gnocchi. and then gelato on the street. and a walk around that crazy leaning tower and the other church buildings next to it.
