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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 25, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:49 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:47 p.m.	Weather 74°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 13 mi / 21 km Cumulative Total 5139 mi / 8275 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: with our excellent hosts, Francesco and Nicola
Places We Visited: Leaning Tower, Cathedral, Cemetery, Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti (UISP)
Featured Site: Campo dei Miracoli
Person of the Day: our Pisan friends at the Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti (UISP)
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: pane Toscano, or Tuscan bread; Breakfast: nothing; Lunch: pasta, salad, yogurt; Dinner: pizza, pasta, and cecína (an omelette-like dish made of chickpea flour and egg); Olive count: 2149
Word of the Day: "Tei bellu" means "You (a woman) are so pretty" in the Apulian dialect.
Tech Fact of the Day: how to straighten a leaning tower: Flat Count (Cumulative): 32; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32


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