day 15

today was a grand day. we drove to Lucca and toured there. its a cute little town surrounded by a giant wall. there's probably about five or six churches in there. and of course they are gloriously beautiful and extremely large inside. then we went shopping for a while which was also fun. then we drove to the leaning tower of pisa and finally got to climb it. 300 steps. 300 extremely small steps. so many people have walked up those marble steps that there is indents that are really slippery. so i walked up barefoot. the walls are about 3 feet wide maybe. my mom got a little claustrophobic on the way up. when we got up to the top it was beeeautiful. i could see everything. i also yelled to my family down below. i yelled HIII really loud to where it echoed off the near by buildings and some people turned to look up. it was fun. today is alexa's birthday! shes turning 12. we celebrated at a nice little outdoor restaurant and then ate gelato and now we are back at home. its really late here, so goodnight everyone :)