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Leaning Tower of Pisa Part II

Almost 30 years ago, Mum and Dad also climbed the tower of Pisa. Here are a couple of photos from their trip. This was way (way, way!) before digital cameras so there are only two photos (compared to the hundred or so Andrew and I took).

Pisa


I love how there is a little, orange car parked right in front of the Tower. (Please excuse the dodgy photoshop job. There was a smudge on the photo.)

Mum and the Tower


When Mum and Dad climbed the tower it actually had more of a lean than it does today. Recent restoration work straightened the tower by 45 centimetres, returning it to the position it was in 1838. So Andrew and I actually climbed an older version of the tower than Mum and Dad. We're time travellers!

More photos on Flickr

jess - 14th Nov 2008, 20:25 tags: pisa travel nablopomo nablopomo08 italy

 

Comments (4):

Natalie says:
15th Nov 2008, 08:09
Wow..love the photos! Thanks for sharing.

Caitlin says:
15th Nov 2008, 11:23
Wow, you look so much like your mum!

jess says:
15th Nov 2008, 20:10
@Caitlin: yeh, 29 years later Mum's echo climbs the tower again.

TD says:
16th Nov 2008, 06:59
Jess and AW - we left our good camera in a rental car in London before we left for Europe these photos were on a cheap and nasty we bought as a stop gap. Thanks for being so kind as to describe it as smudge - it was somebody's thumb

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