day 20, massa

woke up bright and early to go to pisa this morning. at half 8 in morning it was already baking. walked to the trainstation and caught the train to pisa. at first pisa seemed really nice, lots of old pretty buildings, a few nice shops if you're into all that, some nice places to eat. as we walked through towards the tower it started getting more touristy, and once we reached the tower it was very touristy, lots of people taking stupid photos of them holding up the tower or leaning on it. the tower was cool but was put off by the amount of people and the heat. we went for a walk heading north and off the map with the hope of seeing something a bit more italian, however was just suburbia. we got some gelato (amazing) and walked around looking for some green area we could chill out. arrived at this knackered park which was soulless and sat in the shade. no one seemed to have much energy or desire to do anything, and there wasn't anything really in pisa, so we got the train home. it was really hot still and we caught a bus back to the hostel, on the way stopping at this amazing lil beach where we will go for a swim soon on the way to getting some dinner, no pizza tonight, we're cooking! leave massa tomorrow, onto florence, still need to find somewhere to stay but shouldn't be a problem. still cant quite get used to the heat. fingers crossed florence is cool, as Jenne messaged me, i too feel a bit spoilt by switzerland in terms of scenery/beauty and the cool people there.