We left Florence for Rome, but with a side trip to Pisa on the way. We had researched that it was possible to leave our luggage at the station in Pisa while we visited the famous tower, but when we arrived at Pisa station a man outside the left luggage office told us they were on strike because they hadn't been paid!In the end we took a taxi to the Leaning Tower and took turns looking after the luggage while the other looked around. The tower and accompanying buildings were quite interesting, as was the number of people setting up the trick photo where someone is "holding up" the tower - we didn't try that though. We shared the taxi back to the station with another couple who had been able to leave their luggage at the station, apparently the strike was over less than an hour after we had left!
Our hotel in Rome was very close to the Vatican so we walked up to St. Peter's Square, and were surprised to find it relatively quiet, and that St. Paul's Basilica was still open. We tried to enter but K was turned away because of her shorts and top - knees and shoulders have to be covered.M then decided we should complete our walk around the outside of the Vatican, K wasn't that keen, but at least we can now say we have walked around the borders of an entire country in only an hour or so.
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Hello guys, just picked up your Africa lonely planet book from Orient Hostel in Istanbul. Always love leaving my info in books I leave behind when traveling hoping someone would contact from around the world. We also are Aussies but are doing the Silk Road trip and have been china and Russia and are leaving in a few says for Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. By the looks of things your trip was incredible. All the best Daniel from Melbourne
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