Saturday, June 5, 2010

Why does the tower lean?

June 5:

A few days ago we convinced Lanna, Giuseppe and Dr. Bob to take us to Pisa so we could see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Today during our free time in the morning we took an hour long bus ride to Pisa to see the famous sight. It wasn’t exactly what I had imagined, in most pictures that you see the tower is surrounded by a lot of green grass; this is not so much the truth in reality. There are several surrounding buildings and many street vendors! It was still an amazing sight to see and I thoroughly enjoyed the great opportunity! We drove back to Florence in the afternoon to rehearse for our tent concert then had some dinner at a nearby restaurant. I really love the pizza here in Italy with the super thin crust and sweet sauce. Our concert tonight went extremely well! It took place in a spot in town where there is no church and where missionaries have spent 30 years of their life. The leaders said that they were really looking forward to our concert and that it was a great blessing to have us here! The concert could not have gone better. We were told to only expect like 15 people to be in attendance, but the tent was almost full. The audience was very attentive and appreciative of what we were doing and it could be seen in their standing ovations and conversations that we had afterwards. It was a very good way to end the day!

1 comment:

  1. What? No mention of gelato or Nutella? I hope you are getting enough to eat.

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