Sorry I was preoccupied with putting up all the pictures on a website yesterday. Okay when I left off we had crashed for the night in Pisa.
Day Five: We woke up and started to wander into the direction that we thought the tower was in. We were right. Nahro was the first to see the tower. I had seen in it in millions of pictures and had always wanted to see it and suddenly it was in front of me...and it looked exactly as it does in pictures only better!
We were about an hour early before Nahro had to climb. So we took some more pictures and started looking at all the stalls with souvenirs...then it started to rain! Slowly at first then it got pretty heavy for a while. We took cover in a museum and that gave me the chance to buy my ticket to go inside the Cathedral. When it was time for Nahro to climb the rain had let up a touch but was still coming down. The same time I ventured to the Cathedral the look.
It was so beautiful. Nahro said he got more tired climbing Ashley's four flights to her apartment then the 298 steps up to the top. We also learned that all the building, not just the tower are leaning. I noticed it in a picture I have of the Baptistery.
We went back to see the tower at night and there were crazy guys trying to sell stuff and it kind of ruined the lack of crowd to enjoy the tower.
Day Six: We headed to Venice early in the day so we could enjoy as much as possible. To say Venezia is amazing would be an understatement. It was so magical. After we found our hotel, with hardly any trouble which is a huge deal in Venice...trust me, we headed on the water bus known as a vaporetto to the Ponte di Rialto (The Rialto Bridge) We looked at the shops on the actual bridge (it is a massive bridge!)
After which by luck found another bridge I was anxious to see, The Bridge of Sighs. It was right near our hotel stop! 
Then we returned to our room for the night. The next day was going to be busy!
Day Seven: We were up early because we were going to a art museum, Gallerie dell' Accademia. No photos were aloud inside and that is a shame cause there was some beautiful art in there. Next we headed to San Marco square. I went into the Basilica and spent most of the time looking up.
We saw a bride and groom getting their pictures taken in Piazza di San Marco. We had time to kill before our Gondola ride so we headed back towards the Rialto. We managed to stumble upon and church that we spent time looking for the previous day that I had wanted to see. It is the oldest church in Venice, the San Giacomo di Rialto. It was the smallest in comparison to any other the other churches I have been in. Fascinating non the less.
Then we slowly made our way back to the gondola place, next to the beautiful Danieli which is known for its lobby. The Gondola ride was scary at first, I thought we were sure to tip numerous times, plus we were in the widest part of the Grand Canal so who knew how deep it was! 
Once we got into the smaller canals it was nice. I enjoyed it and loved seeing it all. Afterwards we returned to the hotel and changed and went out for a nice meal where, wait for it...Nahro bought me two roses! I had to hit him several times so he say the guy, but he still bought them! It was a perfect night. Then I realized the sun had got me and I had a extremely minor sunburn.Day Eight: Our last day in Venice. Our plane was leaving late so we left our bags that hotel and just wandered the city. We sat on steps on the canal and just watched. I loved Venice it is like another world. I didn't want to leave there.
I hope to be able to return to Italy some day soon. There is some much more I want to experience there. If you want to see more pictures the website is:
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