Sunday, September 13, 2009

Livorno Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, In Pisa Italy about 15 min drive from Livorno


The old fort of Livorno on the coast of the Mediterranean.






Greetings everyone from Livorno Italia. Debbie and I left a week ago and flew to Livorno Italy. Livorno is a port city on the west coast of Italy. It is about 3 1/2 hours north of Rome. It is on the Mediterranean Sea. What a beautiful and simple city. It is about the size geografically as Washington Utah, yet there are about 25o,ooo residents in Livorno. As a port city shipping is a big part of there economy. This picture in is in front of the original City of Livorno. This building is thousands of years old. In the old days it was important to build a fortress to keep the Pirates from pilaging the city. War was a big part of the lives of the people that lived in this Protected city.



This city is about 15 minutes from Pisa the home of Galileo and where you will see the leaning tower.
Look at the next post for our snorkeling experiance.

3 comments:

  1. I'm glad you had fun, we will come and visit sometime this week.

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  2. Pretty cool pops. Reece said she had a lot of fun and you guys got some good snorkeling in. Love and miss you. Too bad there isn't any good snorkeling up here.

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  3. you chose the best week, it hasn't stopped raining since sunday night. love you, come again anytime

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