Agriturismo Da Pio Pietrasanta
Via Traversagna 54 Pietrasanta, Tuscany, 55045, Italy
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Florence to Lucca
... didn't take long did it! Gaffer tape around loose mirror and loose gearknob then off again...
...it only took us about 3km to get hopelessly lost. 30 minutes and lots of stressing later we gave up, fired up google maps very expensively on the iphone and managed to find the route again. Believe me you'd never do it from the map and some of the roads were borderline farm tracks until ...
Day 4 - Rome - Pisa - Montecatini
Today we had a long drive from Rome to Pisa. We took the coastal road which allowed us to have some beautiful views of the Mediteranian Sea.
The trip took about 4 and a half hours. We arrived in Pisa at 1pm. The boys had some free time to have lunch and to view the leaning tower.
We headed off after that to a village near Montecini to watch a professional rugby match between Rovigo and ...
Well that's smaller than I thought it would be...
The drive to Pisa was fine but we got lost trying to find the parking area to catch the shuttle to the site. In the end, we just drove to the site and got a parking spot within a block of the Field of Miracles. Note to self ...this is the off season... We CAN get parking spots.
After the prerequisite pictures of Sean "holding the tower", we explored the site. Nice to see some things with the marble still on it after being in ...
When in Rome, Venice, Florence, etc...
... 2 1/2 hours, the masterpieces were in front of us. It was wonderful to be in there but that line had depleted any recovered energy levels.
Lots of sangiovese, pizza, pasta and nutella gelato.
People in at work, especially Mike, had been talking about Lucca for a long time. We discovered that there is a reason why. On a glorious spring day we explored this gorgeous old town and decided that we'd love to return to Puccini's home. The old city walls were a great ...
Good Tuscan Dinner
... in the mixture in front of you …and ..Eat!!! (It was wonderful…so tasty... it had the most incredible aroma and the taste!!! you add the lovely, crunchy freshness of the vegetables…it really was one of the most amazing dishes.)
Next course (Primi) was the famous ‘Daniele's Risotto’ which didn’t let us down…boiled and cooked with a good red cabernet instead on stock and water…with a nice amount of grated ...



