Thai-Chi and Things Askew in Pisa

Pisa is a lovely town. Already on the way from the train station to the historical center we were surprised by an original Keith Haring's mural, well preserved since 1989.


Other than that, I think, everybody heard about the leaning tower and other things that are there to see in Pisa.

I, however, want to discuss here a totally different phenomenon. Being in Pisa we discovered that the leaning tower is not the only thing askew there. I'm talking about people brains. What we witnessed was a mass tower-induced madness that strikes unaware tourists in this fine town.

Some people, after arriving to Pisa, feel a sudden urge to practice Thai-Chi:

Symmetry mastered to perfection.

Some other people are throwing an invisible basketball to an invisible basket. Do they score? We will never know...

"Children, who knows when the Leaning Tower of Pisa was built?" "Teacher, teacher! Me! Pick me! Please! I did my homework today!"

Some people actually understand that something is wrong. "It's time to get out of here" - they think and they try to hail a taxi. Poor things, it's too late. The madness has got them. Did you ever see a sane person trying to get a taxi on the grass instead of a street?

What struck me most was that there were a lot of paparazzi photographers, that shot pictures of those people in hundreds, instead of offering them help or at least calling the doctors! "Well ", I thought, " in Pisa act as a peasant". So I took some pictures as well :)