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

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Italy
At 6:00 PM
May 24, 1998

Sunrise (local): 5:52 a.m.
Sunset (local): 8:44 p.m.
Weather
65°F intermittent rain
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 click to view a photograph
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 click to view a photograph
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!" click to hear an audio clip 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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Next Stop: We are in Pisa for two full days

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