Then comes all the Tourists having their friends take pictures of them cleverly pushing the tower…
…or in this case, kissing the bull. 
Tinky Winky didn't want to be left out: 
After purchasing a ticket, I join the line to walk up the Tower.
The tickets are time stamped to control the number allowed inside.
The walk was very challenging because of the slant…the steps may be the same size but felt different (easier or harder) depending on which side of the building you were on…and coming down felt even stranger.
Half way up they let you walk around the outside, which put me at eye-level with some of the figures on the Cathedral:
The bull she was kissing:
These two guys were on a pillar of the Tower:
Just before the top the steps turn spiral similar to a lighthouse:
At the top there are four bells from the 1800’s…one even them even rang while I was near it.
I thought I was at the top but outside around the corner is one more set of steps but these were very narrow…literally a shoulders-width:
View from the top: 
Next stop was the The Cathedral of Pisa...a very large cross shaped structure. 
Below are the bones of St.Ranieri, Patron of Pisa: 
The Cathedral also holds the tomb of Henry VII & his wife Margaret of Brabant and Pope Gregory VIII.
The next two images are ceiling panels: 
My next stop was the round shaped building on the left, the 12th Century Baptistery:
The eagle is the symbol used to depict John the Apostle. Eagle-shaped lecterns predate the Reformation (16th Century):
My fourth stop was the Camposanto (Monumental Cemetery) constructed in 1278, it was the burial place of the Pisan upper class for centuries.
And it looks like it still is:
Last two stops were the Sinopie Museum and the Opera Museum where I found my last shots of the day:
I thought the next two images would make good quilt patterns: 
Grafenwöhr, Germany – 01 MAR 2011
Driving across Germany I kept seeing these tall strange buildings:
They are water towers and each one has a different style. Across from my training site in Heidelberg was this one:
This week I’m back in Grafenwöhr…it’s a small town in eastern Bavaria, surrounded by many even smaller towns. This year they are celebrating their 650th anniversary. The Training Area, which the Army installation now occupies, celebrated it’s 100th Anniversary last year. As did it’s tallest building, the water tower:
This historic landmark in on everything: store signs, travel brochures, lace curtains, sweatshirts, magnets, beer mugs, souvenirs of all types.
The museum had antique post cards of the water tower: 
Gate one is only a block away and just around the corner I found another roster wind vane… 
…attached to an 1875 church: 
The hotel lobby building also had an interesting wind vane: 
I was told the small local Cultural and Military Museum had an Elvis exhibit. It must change every so often because one internet visitor had an image of an Elvis figure next to a jukebox and another had an Elvis figure in the famous white Vegas outfit…but, I found an unrecognizable Elvis next to a jeep:
Looks like a female mannequin with a double-joined wrist:
He sent all of 6 weeks in training at Grafenwöhr:
At least his image fared better than these folks:
There were a few signs in English, one stated: “The barber not only cut hair and shaved beards but also acted as masseur, health care assistant, doctor and dentist. Pulling teeth and bloodletting were his main business besides hair cutting.”
There were three floors and several rooms of exhibits including one with current paintings, but the most artistic item I found was this window:
And this door across the street:
They are water towers and each one has a different style. Across from my training site in Heidelberg was this one:This week I’m back in Grafenwöhr…it’s a small town in eastern Bavaria, surrounded by many even smaller towns. This year they are celebrating their 650th anniversary. The Training Area, which the Army installation now occupies, celebrated it’s 100th Anniversary last year. As did it’s tallest building, the water tower:
This historic landmark in on everything: store signs, travel brochures, lace curtains, sweatshirts, magnets, beer mugs, souvenirs of all types. 
The museum had antique post cards of the water tower:
This time, I stayed at the hotel on base across from the water tower which is located inside the Army gates. The hotel is made up of several small buildings, this one was mine:
Gate one is only a block away and just around the corner I found another roster wind vane… …attached to an 1875 church: The hotel lobby building also had an interesting wind vane: I was told the small local Cultural and Military Museum had an Elvis exhibit. It must change every so often because one internet visitor had an image of an Elvis figure next to a jukebox and another had an Elvis figure in the famous white Vegas outfit…but, I found an unrecognizable Elvis next to a jeep:
Looks like a female mannequin with a double-joined wrist: 
He sent all of 6 weeks in training at Grafenwöhr: 
At least his image fared better than these folks:
There were a few signs in English, one stated: “The barber not only cut hair and shaved beards but also acted as masseur, health care assistant, doctor and dentist. Pulling teeth and bloodletting were his main business besides hair cutting.”
There were three floors and several rooms of exhibits including one with current paintings, but the most artistic item I found was this window:
And this door across the street:
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