I went to Italy for a weekend to Pisa and La Spezia. It was great to get away from the colder weather and go around in light clothing for a change. I arrived there at 9pm, and shared a taxi to the railway station only about 2kms and thought that this would be very close to the hotel I had decided to stay at - a cheapie in the Rough Guide. The hotel actually turned out to be a 25 minute walk away from there and I got lost going there! So it was about 10pm before I found it - just around the corner from the Leaning Tower, which was beautifully lit up white. I went back into the town to investigate it with unladen shoulders and when I finally decided ona restaurant, I was told they had stopped making pizza, so I had to wait until the next day to have some pizza in Pisa. It was very nice Saturday. I walked around Pisa until 15:30 when my friends arrived. I had been there before but had only seen the Leaning Tower and Duomo (cathedral), which is all in the same place, but this time I had enough time to see the whole town. Very nice town. I really loved it. The temperature was about 23C max and sunny and JUST PERFECT.