topics: Tuscany, University student life in Pisa, Bicincittà (Pisa and Roma), reducing traffic to maintain ruins; jump to dispatch

BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 24, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:52 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:44 p.m.	Weather 65°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 125 mi / 202 km Cumulative Total 5126 mi / 8254 km	Lat: 43° 20' 18" N Lon: 9° 45' 33" E Elev: 75 ft / 23 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Pisa
Where We're Staying: Rosellini Student Residence Hall
Places We Visited: Tuscany, Cecina, Pisa (Piazza dei Cavalieri, Leaning Tower, Piazza Garibaldi), Roma by bike
Featured Site: Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa
Person of the Day: our hosts, Francesco and Nicola
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: Francesco's homemade pepperoni sausage; Breakfast: crème-filled croissants, coffee; Lunch: bread, cheese, meat, cookies, flavored iced tea; Dinner: pasta, pizza, salad; Olive count: 2149
Word of the Day: "Che tajo!" means "That's nice!" in Italian. This all-purpose expression used, we're told, by youth can also be translated as "That's great!" or "That's cool!" Ironically, a "tajo" is actually a "scratch on the skin"! It's so interesting the way language changes... kind of like the way some Americans say "that's bad" when they mean it's really "cool."
Tech Fact of the Day: closing streets to auto traffic to save historical monuments: Flat Count (Cumulative): 32 - it's a tie between flats and broken spokes!; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32 - it's a tie between broken spokes and flats!


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