Saturday, August 1, 2015
Leaning tower
Yesterday we all went to go see the leaning tower of Pisa. It started out taking a train over to Florence and the. Another train from Florence to Pisa. Once we arrived we walked towards the tower, passing through a large shopping district and several restaurants. After some lunch, we were split up into two groups to go up into the tower. We were t allowed to take our backpacks or even our purses so we stored them in small lockers. Once in the tower we were given a small introduction and a little information about the tower. I noticed that the tower was hollow inside and that as we climbed the stairs, the stairs had smoothed out from so many people walking on them. Some stairs even had dips in them that it sometimes made it difficult to climb back down the stairs. As we climbed the stairs you could feel the tilt from where the tower is leaning over and sinking into the ground. It apparently sinks into the ground 8-10 mm every year, but they fix it every year so that it doesn't sink too much. The view at the top was spectacular as well as the 7 bells that were originally supposed to ring for the church right next to it. However, I don't think that the bells were ever rung. After we climbed down, the second group also went up to experience what we experienced. However, I wonder what the bells would sound like since they have never been rung.
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I thought it cool how the steps were so smooth and indented from people going up and down them so much, however I was really afraid of slipping and falling down them!
ReplyDeleteI thought it cool how the steps were so smooth and indented from people going up and down them so much, however I was really afraid of slipping and falling down them!
ReplyDeleteI for some reason didn't make the connection that the 7 bells were for the 7 notes in music until he said it. They could play entire songs!
ReplyDeleteI thought It was really cool how they realized that the one side of the tower was sinking and tryed to balance it out with the next four floors. It was also really cool to hear that it was only ment to be the bell tower of the church.
ReplyDeleteI thought It was really cool how they realized that the one side of the tower was sinking and tryed to balance it out with the next four floors. It was also really cool to hear that it was only ment to be the bell tower of the church.
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