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Florence to Lucca
A local mechanic looked over the engine for us before we left and fixed a couple of potential disasters with the fuel line before we fired up and headed out through the maze of narrow passageways that make up Florence. Learning how to double-de-clutch (look it up) to change gear without crunching and then a quick stop at the stunning viewpoint overlooking the city to make our first ...
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 ...
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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Round as a Pizza
... before the path was fenced off. Despite the frustrations, the villages and the scenery were unforgettable and we arrived back in Levanto after ten hours with a bunch of great photos!
What we still do not understand is why there was no information about this earlier in the process. We visited three towns, purchased a train ticket, a national park entry ticket and got a walking trail map from the information desk but none of the people that served ...

