Florence and Pisa

We just got back from our weekend at Florence and it was amazing. Its a much bigger city then Brescia and has a lot more tourists. It was a huge change going from a city like Brescia where not many people speak english to a place where almost everyone did. I cant imagine another city being like Florence. There were buildings and statues there that didnt seem real. It makes you think how anyone could ever build things like that in the time period they were made. We took a trip from Florence to Pisa for a few hours and got to see the  leaning tower. That too didnt seem real. Ive seen dozens of pictures of it before but not until I saw it with my own eyes did I say 'wow, its really leaning'. What a trip.
-Lew