Al Tondone Lucca
Via Fontanella, 663, Localita San Filippo Lucca, Tuscany, 55100, Italy
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Lucca
We leave Genoa on time but arrive late at La Spezia. We make the train to Viareggio with 2 minutes to spare. Great mountains come into view, they appear to be covered in snow. Shelagh points out that it is quarrying and suddenly we pass mile after mile of granite and marble works. Another change at Viareggio and an Italian jobsworth carefully …
On Yer Bike
Woken at "sparrow ****" by a cock crowing, turned over and went back to sleep. We had a late breakfast at 9, Bruschetta, salami, cheese, eggs and coffee. The B & B had bikes, so we set off to ride around the walls. I took out a scooter and a woman with a buggy!! There is a road on top of the walls for pedestrians, cyclist & police cars. A …
Pistoia - All Day
Shelagh woke up with a pain in the bum (NO, not me) from riding the bike yesterday. Today we are off to Pistoia – where's that, what’s there you may ask? Well it’s a medieval walled city halfway between Lucca and Florence with fine piazzas and civic buildings and towers. We cycle to the station and get the 10:30 train. I’m a …
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December already.....
... all off…..we were very lucky indeed.
We met some new people, including Valerio and Mascha who had only been married less than a year. They travelled to Australia for part of their honeymoon. They are now awaiting the birth of their first born…a boy if Valerio has anything to do with it…he asked me if I had children and I said I had two and both girls…this made him step back (good naturedly) and tell me I was no good to him. We also caught ...
What a great town
today was a day for a day trip. We went to a small town not far from Pisa called Lucca. It was such a sweet town and full of interesting places and spaces. We began our day at a Villa that was originally founded in 1517 where a wealthy family purchased land to begin a hunting lodge. Eventaully two brothers purchased the land and built a nice Villa on it. From there Eliza Buonoparte, Napleaon's sister, became the duchess of Tuscany, or at least this area, and developed ...



