On Saturday 27-Sept we got a 5am taxi from Aspley Guise, UK to Luton London airport and flew into Pisa by EasyJet, arriving about 10am. We left our bags at the quiet Hotel Alessandro della Spine. The first thing we encountered was a demonstration of life saving dogs in a large plaza, which was part of an exhibition of police and military civilian activities. Later we went (of course) to the famed tower with its fabulous lawn and made with the usual photos.
We stayed in Pisa for one night and took the train the next day to Campiglia Marittima station where we were picked up by the Earthwatch research team and taken to the townhome apartment in Populonia Stazione to bunk during our participation in the dig at Poggio del Molino.
On the Go with John and Jessie 