Maybe you're not aware of it but our little Tuscany podcast is about to celebrate two years on the air. While we changed a couple of times our format, focussing more on timeless content rather than regular news, we've always stayed true to our original mission: spreading love and knowledge for our beloved homeland as far and wide as humanly possible. While having a look at our archive, which by the way will remain online for the foreseeable future, we realised that we haven't talked about one of the most famous Tuscans in history, the remarkable Galileo Galilei.

Considering that in a few days it will also be his 459th birthday, we have decided to dedicate an episode to arguably the greatest scientist to ever come out of this remarkable land. As pretty much everyone in the world has heard of him, of his discoveries, his experiments, his trial and tribulations we just didn't want to rehash old content. After long consideration, we figured out an interesting angle to pay a homage to the great man and at the same time stay true to our mission. That's why this week What's Up Tuscany will bring you back to Pisa to guide you on a walking tour following the footsteps of Galileo Galilei, the man who reinvented science.

If you listen to the full episode you will learn how it took centuries and a fair amount of research to figure out where Galileo was really born, how the story about the experiment from the Leaning Tower with the weights everyone heard about did actually happen pretty far away from Tuscany, where the famous pendulum is now and the various places where the scientist worked while he was living in the city of the Leaning Tower. While definitely not as stunning as Lucca and Florence, Pisa has a lot of incredible places that are not well known and that would well deserve a bit of your time. Maybe next time you come visit us, stay an extra day in Pisa: you definitely won't regret it.

While we are definitely not as active as we'd like, we are present mostly on Twitter, where we occasionally post some stuff that is both Tuscany-related or just regular things that pop into our head. Actually we don't really know what type of content to provide there, which is why we're not really active. What would interest you? Small travel advice? Pictures of our beloved homeland? Idioms and quirky expressions explained? Pronunciation audio guides? If you're around, say hello and let us know. It would help us quite a lot.
Email: podcast@larno.it
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Twitter: @arno_it / @WhatsupTuscany

LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://www.ua-magazine.com/2021/04/23/galileo-tower-of-pisa-experiment-done-in-delft/
https://www.turismo.pisa.it/itinerario/pisa-is-segreta
https://www.terredipisa.it/percorso/galileo-a-pisa/
https://www.travelstales.it/2021/06/30/pisa-luoghi-insoliti-segreti/
https://www.visittuscany.com/it/idee/alla-scoperta-di-pisa-sulle-orme-di-galileo/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Incompetech - Leopard Print Elevator
Erio - Monolith
Pipe Choir - Mapping the Stars
Sybranax - Euphoria
Pipe Choir - Almost Time
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500077
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/erio-monolith
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-mapping-the-stars-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/sybranax-euphoria
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-almost-time-instrumental-creative-commons
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/