What the Eyjafjallajoekull?

Stepping off the train in Pisa we notice the commotion in the station. The ticket hall is packed with long queues of travellers snaking back and forth and out the main doors. A short walk later, Michele, our B&B owner (and also professional photographer, tile maker and Italian Army geographer) explains; an eruption of a volcano in Iceland (I won’t repeat the name above) has cancelled over half the flights in Europe.

The scene at Pisa Centrale station is being played out throughout Europe as travellers try to find alternative routes home. Our planned onward journey to France might have to wait. We decide to spend an extra night here and see what happens. Apparently there is some sort of tower. Slightly canted. Listing. Not quite straight up. On the Pisa, so to speak.