Hambros Lucca

... market (without the sampling) with lots of lovery deli's, cafe's and patisseries. Ofcourse we had to buy the local pastry called a buccellato which is kind of a cross between a biscuit and a fruit loaf... yummy with the morning coffee.<br><br>Before too long Kim pointed out her favorite bar from last time and pull me in to join her in a wine or 3. The tapas were as good as Kim had ...

... on the main street near our apartment and came across one which we hadn&#8217;t seen open before- it had beautiful looking pastries- why didn&#8217;t we find it before our last day? Actually, I didn&#8217;t think they were as nice as the French ones we had.<br> We had to pack our bags and get organised for the move out of the apartment.

... Coast without the roads, money or development. Caught the train to Monterosso Al Mare which was the most northern village which had pebbly grey beaches and large statues carved in the rocks. It was quite warm and you could imagine the beach could be crowded in summer as there were people sunbaking on the beach. We decided to catch the train to the Vernazza, the next town south to have lunch. This was a really pretty town, with houses lining the piazza which ...

Just realized those not on facebook haven't seen pictures from Pisa and Florence. No long recap of Anthony and I's weekend in Tuscany, for obvious reasons. Also note that "Anthony and Alison's Great Adventure" was like taking a knife.<br><br>Love you guys! :)<br>

... and also what looked like a whole boned roasted pig which they just cut slices through. It wasn't even refrigerated. We then went to hire bikes and ride around the wall. Tara wasn&#8217;t too keen on it, so her and Greg went tandem. It was lots of fun and we managed to go around twice which was 6 km. We walked through the city, getting a gelato as usual and window shopped (many of the shops were closed for siesta ...

... called Easy Pisa, was a short 3.5 hour tour that took us by guided motor coach from Livorno to the center of Pisa. On the way, Elsie noticed a group of cyclists, riding toward Livorno, seemingly enjoying the perfect conditions for a Sunday morning ride! In Pisa, we had time to visit the Field of Miracle which includes the Leaning (Bell)Tower, Duomo, Baptistery of Giovanni and Camposanto. Surrounding much of Pisa are ...

... appreciating the fact that this town gave us another person of greatness -- our little Nicolette Guidotti! Last night I must have wandered for 2.5 hours trying to find the best little restaurant. I settled on one in the old amphitheater area of town and it was perfect. Then on the way home, I saw people walking into a little church with a big banner next to the door. Intrigued I walked over, too. It was a celebration of theater where they were doing hour-long productions ...

Last weekend, my roommates all went on one of their included program excursions (Jess went to Garda Lake, and Caryn & Carli went to Capri and Pompeii), so it was the first time I've been alone in... well... since I've left the US. Looking back, I have been constantly surrounded by people at every moment of the day: I traveled around Europe with a group of people, slept in the same room with 6 to 12 people in every hostel, and then moved into an apartment with three ...

... a heart attack from running all the way up! On my way back down, it looked like there was some kind of block party happening. Cool. The sight of people chowing down made me hungry so I went off in search of the pizzeria that Joan and Mark had mentioned last night. But first I checked out some of the restaurants that I had wanted to try last night, but they were all packed again. So pizza it was!!! Settled on a mozzarella, mushroom, tomato, onion, and ...

Arrived back in Lucca and walked to the hostel and relaxed for a while. Started chatting with some of the other girls in the room. We decided to go outside and find somewhere to chat and have a drink. So we walked through town with a bottle of wine and found some steps so we drank and chatted. We then went for a short walk through town and tried to take some night time photos- they turned out terrible, all blurry. The streets were very busy with tourists and mainly locals on their evening walk.