Every time I travel to Europe with someone considerably younger than me, I spend hours waiting for them at the base of a monument as they nimbly scramble up and around parapets, belfries, turrets and vaults. I suffer from extreme vertigo but when it comes to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, this dread goes into overdrive.
I have chosen some unusual shots of this most ridiculously unbalanced building as my contribution to Ailsa’s travel them this week, Balance, at Where’s My Backpack.
More about this trip to Il Torre Pendente di Pisa can be found here.
ALMOST ITALIAN 
I smile as I am no longer one of those younger people who used to climb up everything with ease.
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You and me both, Lyn!!
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That tower is crazy… I would love to see it some day! I saw something funny on facebook yesterday. It was cartoon. There was a framed painting or sketch of the leaning tower on the wall. The caption read something along the lines of ‘OCD nightmare’. : )
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Ah, the Torre Pendente….years ago, I was one of those young people that climbed up!
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Thank you for the heads-up. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t make it. I was there twice but never with anybody who’d wish to climb it. Here is my post from there:
https://manjamaksimovic.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/pizza-in-pisa/
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Hehe I remember the funniest picture was of everyone else taking selfies holding up the tower. It looked hilarious when you took a few steps to the left or right 🙂
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The age of selfies- I wonder if any of these memories will be preserved or just end up in the ether.
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Wow, it really is leaning isn’t it? For some reason I imagined it to be a lot taller. I have this insane need to want to jump off when I’m on anything like that. Long story about my adventure on the Singapore cable car at Sentosa Island. Geoff will never let me go on anything like that ever again!!!
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I know that jumping off feeling very well. I can’t get near the edge of things for the same reason. When Jack was 5 years old, he went up to the top of this tower with his siblings. what was I thinking!
Must tell me that Singapore cable story one day.
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Pisa never fails to impress – it just goes to show that disasters can often create the greatest success stories!
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Indeed Helen.
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I’ve never been and I don’t suffer from vertigo….but I wouldn’t be climbing around that craziness….I’ll straighten things up on Photoshop:)
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You may discover your inner vertiginous self if you went there. You have been rather quiet lately Roger.
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I read this post with great interest, Francesca. My nephew will be joining me next week in Italy. Lucky for me, he’s not the sight-seeing kind. He is an eater, however, and I think we’ll get along just fine. 🙂
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Eating around Italy and avoiding tourist spots is the best way to approach Italy.
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Wonderful collection Francesca. No way would I climb it! Lol
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Thanks for the link up Mr Woolly
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