Our destination was La Spezia, which would be our base for
the next four days. We started with an early-morning flight from Stansted, and
after a slight delay at security, when my bag was pulled aside for some extra
checks, we eventually made our way through the airport crowds and, of course,
stopped for the traditional beer and breakfast at Wetherspoons.
Our flight was to Pisa Airport which is fairly small, and as ours was the only flight landing at the time, a result, we were quickly through passport control. Now, rather than taking the PisaMover, we decided to walk the 1.5 kilometres (20 minutes) to Pisa Centrale station and in the morning Italian sunshine it was a really pleasant way to stretch our legs after the flight.