Pisa

I can say I've been to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower as well now! It's funny, before I left for Italy, everyone I spoke to--and I mean everyone--told me to skip Pisa, that there is nothing there. That it was the Leaning Tower and that was it! Mom had really wanted to see it, so we decided to stop by on a failed trip to Volterre. Mom was excited to read about the making of the Leaning Tower which is actually pretty hysterical:

The campanile was begun in 1173 as the final structure of the magnificent cathedral complex on the Campo dei Miracoli in Pisa. The settling of its foundations and resulting lean became apparent before it was even finished - after only three stories were completed. The engineer, believed to be Bonnano Pisano, tried to compensate by making the new stories a little taller on one side. However, the extra materials caused the tower to sink even more.
Work was suspended several times as engineers worked to find a solution, but the tower was still leaning when it was completed in 1350. The architectural design remained unchanged throughout, as later builders stayed faithful to the original Romanesque designs.
Over the years various attempts have made to straighten the tower, including the injection of cement into the foundations and various types of bracing, but in the late 20th century the structure was still subsiding at the rate of 0.05 inches (1.2 mm) per year and in serious danger of collapse.

Once we got to Pisa, I was pleasantly surprised with the city. I was actually expecting nothing to be there. Modern buildings with no color, no cafes, no restaurants, I was thinking there would be nothing! It was actually a pretty sweet town with a lot of old book stores and some really cute cafes!

Despite the cute cafes and fun little streets, there's not much to say. We went to see the Leaning Tower and we did! It was much smaller than I thought it would be though...