One of many early days for us on this cruise today we docked in Livorno, a working port - which was a royal PITA. We opted to use the ships shuttle which didn't run immediately from our arrival in port and delayed our movement into Pisa and Florence. Sucking it up we did our best to get things in and we were off to Pisa.

We arrived late for our 10am climb appointment but were lucky enough to get squeezed into the next climbs. It was one heck of a hoof for my out of shape ass, but it was a worthy climb. I marvel at how worn down the marble stairs are. I didn't "feel" the lean during my climb as much as some of those who's comments I read about when doing my research. Because we were already pretty behind and Florence was calling we didn't spend much time in the Field of Miracles, instead we hoped back on a bus and a train.

In Florence we realized we couldn't see David and still get back safely in time. So we lost our reservations there, sadly. We did however walk by the Duomo and down to the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno river. Here we took in some gellato, which was good, but no where near as much as it is raved about, nor was it as good as the ice cream in France.