Hello everyone
We arrived in Pisa to warm sunshine after a night of
torrential rain and a tremendous thunderstorm. The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands
next to the Cathedral within a green quadrangle with the Baptistery at the
opposite end. The Cemetery building makes up the foursome. 
The leaning tower really does look as though it could topple
over – the top section leans a lot less than the lower section, and the marble
carvings are beautiful. The large cathedral has a gold mosaic fresco above the
altar and an intricately carved marble pulpit. The baptistery is vast inside
with a similar, but smaller pulpit – there’s no visible font though.
Leaving Pisa, we took the motorway along the Bay of Genoa
towards France. On leaving the motorway, we were stopped by French police, who
asked to see inside our van – we reckon business was slow, and they were keen
for a chat about our travels!
Monaco is a tiny place, and Monte Carlo was very busy with
people, fast super cars and huge super yachts. There was no opportunity to park
the van though, so after a leisurely drive through, we continued towards Nice
where we enjoyed the sunset from the promenade.
We drove through Provence – a scenic drive through rolling
green hills and we’re now in Avignon. The town is surrounded by medieval walls
with ramparts, and the Palais des Papes is huge.
Part-way across the River
Rhone is the Pont St-Benezet – only 4 arches of the original 22 still remain and
it has a small church on the bridge. Avignon’s Christmas markets give the place
a festive feel.
Our next port of call is the Pont du Gard just north from
here.
Our door map is filling nicely with the 23 countries we’ve
visited so far (no stickers for San Marino and Monaco unfortunately as they are
so small), and our mileage so far is 18,824.
Will post again next week - love to all
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