Imagine seeing an exhibit of nineteenth-century photography, a church with a fifteenth-century fresco cycle, and a park with a first-century amphitheater, all in one city. Now, imagine visiting three cities in one weekend and having opportunities like that in all three places. Not bad right?
Next up on our list was Viareggio, which we visited on Sunday. This was a different kind of day trip since Viareggio is a beach town. Fortunately for us, the weather was perfect, and the beating sun had warmed the water so that it felt like a giant, sparking, salt water bathtub. For students more interested in staying on the shore, the rows of green and blue beach umbrellas fluttering in the wind offered a nice respite from that sun. Not a bad place to chat with friends, munch on snacks, and catch up on reading! One our way home from the beach we stopped by our third city for the weekend, Pisa. Any students who were were feeling depleted from their hours in the sun perked right back up once they saw the baptistery, duomo, and (best of all!) the leaning tower itself. It was getting late in the day, so we only had a few minutes to walk around and see things, but, still, what an incredibly beautiful city.
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