Leaning Tower

Hey all,

Bit tired and cranky today – partly because I had really come to enjoy just wandering around – which is pretty much all I have done for weeks – and not being able to do so is frustrating. Also, the three young Swedish boys got on the turps last night – in that excitable 19 year old way a couple of them took off to the leaning tower at about 1AM – the other was already too pissed to do so, but went out later in the night with a South African anyway. Two of them came back at about 3ish and really did try to be quiet, but were too drunk to pull it off, so I got woken up repeatedly as they were getting into bed. Then again at about 4 AM by the other, who was, in the pitch dark, shuffling backwards and forwards across the floor of the room, a vague smile on his face in the light from the window. Which must be a Swedish thing. So not much sleep.

Apart from that, another day where I got to bathe in the beauty of the renaissance, or at as much of it as is within a 250 metre radius of the hostel, such as, for example, the famous Leaning Locker of Hostel Pisa. It threatened to fall over completely at one point, but I restored it to its original lean in order to retain its charm and the tourist dollar. I now have a line of hostel residents queuing up outside my room to see it – I charge them 0.10EU to enter the room and take photos. The braver residents clamber up and balance on top while I take a photo of them doing so – these I charge a full 1.00EU.

Cheers, B.