654. Andante alla Torre Pendente (Livorno, Italy)
Quick "park hop" from the jump off spot for the train from Livorno to Pisa, Italy

One of the obligatory stops in Italy is, of course, the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Having been there before, however, we doubted that there would be any good places to hide a stamp near the very well surveilled and maintained "Campo dei Miracoli". So, we decided to leave this funky little stone tower "traveling' light"* on the way there from the train station in Livorno, which is the closest cruise ship stop, and only about a 15 minute train hop away. From the main entrance of the train station at Livorno Centrale, head out southwest into the middle of the southern portion of the nearby park. There you should find 3 metal benches and a 3-tiered "concrete wedding cake" with bushes growing around and in it. The northwest side has an opening into the bushes. At the base of the bush to the left on the second level when facing in should be the little stone with a tower glued to its backside that really doesn't look much like the one in Pisa, but at least it's something to look for while passing through this part of Italy!

*"Travelin' lights" are what we call the little stones with stamps glued on back that we have been planting for the last few years after we got tired of planting over 500 traditional boxes and having so many of them "go missing". We hope that these little stones are more likely to blend in with the environment and less likely to get picked up and thrown away as trash (although, of course, they may still get moved around by natural or unnatural processes, like raking, mowing, etc.), so just remember that for our "traveling' lights", you're looking for a tiny stone and not an actual box!

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