Lucca in Villa Elisa
Viale Armando Diaz 71 Lucca, Tuscany, 55100, Italy
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Florence to Lucca
... a proper SS (A-road) and started to make some progress.
Sergio meanwhile was happily taking it in his stride and didn't miss a beat whilst we fretted about directions. He's quite a smooth drive and is quite nippy provided there isn't a hint of an incline involved. The Alps are going to be interesting.
Wendy had her first taste of Sergio and her first taste of left hand drive ...
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...
... a week where all the marble was stolen and reused in other sites. Beautiful marble work!! Almost blinding for pictures.
Had a lovely lunch on a side street from the Field of Miracles.
Kids got to "shop" a bit at the market.
On the way back to the Villa we stopped in Empoli at the "Super Coop", a very big grocery store, to pick up a few things. I found "Made in Manitoba bread flour" and "Canadian Maple Syrup".
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School Day: Time for some homework
A rest day turned into a catch up day. Kids got to sleep in and relax in the morning and then catch up on some journaling. Rome was crazy busy and they needed time to take in what they had learned in Rome before we start the next leg of our journey in Tuscany.
Lots of naps today for David and I.
David took the kids out for a short drive around the countryside. They found a castle. They ended up in Empoli, the bigger centre in our area.
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An end to an Unbelievable year
... As we we leaving Mass, we met Vincenzo and Libby, who we noticed earlier, were there. We chatted and walked around to the lights outside Santa Maria as they still hadnt seen them, then said our goodbyes, wishing them a Merry Christmas and we wandered around Lucca.
(We were comparing this Christmas eve to our normal ones and saying how different this was, it is the first Christmas in 30 years that Mikes hasnt been working)
Our walk was lovely…what could be ...


