I read somewhere that a person my age only has 2,800 weekends left. This means I must get on travelling. That's only 2,800 places around the world. Right now, I live for my weekends and seem to be filling them pretty well. Viareggio, Firenze, Cinque Terre, San Gimignano, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, Siena, Milano, Napoli, Pompeii, Como, Spain, Venezia, Germany, Austria, Garfagnana.
When I move back to the states, it will be pretty difficult to move around so much. This small fact makes me face my mortality, while reminding me how lucky I am to live in Italy. So after being striken with the flu bug, I must now force myself to be better. This weekend I need to go. Where??? Well, I didn't book my flight to Sicily, so probably not there. How about I finally go to Portofino, like I have been saying since October.
Say to the readers: Portofino is only one day. Weekends, thank God, are two. Vote where I should go for my second day. To Italians, make sure it is accessible by train from Pisa. To all others, make sure it is not a place I have already been. I need to rake up the places. Bucket List, done.
I'd vote for Pavia! it would be a great weekend trip, and only 3.5 hours from PIsa Centrale via the Frecciarossa. While there, take a very short train (20mins) to La Certosa di Pavia- it's like the Taj Mahal of Italy (no cameras allowed, alas, but you will carry the memory with you forever- trust me): http://www.certosadipavia.com/
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