Locanda L Elisa Lucca

... and limited to pastry or pizza at 5pm, but I found Brasserie La Loggia near the station that had a full menu all day.
Walked in to order a pasta and was amazed and delighted that they also had a display case full of Belgian, German, Dutch and other quality beers.
Had a La Trappe with my bolognese. Even though it's made in the Netherlands it was still a good tripel.
Was ready to go after that but ...

... and attached it to A-frames while workers removed soil from the non-leaning side and created a counter subsidence to the lean. While the famous lean “lost” 40cm during this project, the per-year slippage has been arrested and the Leaning Tower will stay at 4.1 meters of “lean.”

Despite feeling off, it was great for me to see the Leaning Tower again – and great for Murray, too. It is funny to ...

... mais apres presque 900 ans, elle est toujours la. dans le meme espace, il y a la cathedrale et un autre batiment , tous ca, en marbre blanc. En dehors de cette attraction, pise possede encore une bonne partie de ces fortification. si non, c'est une ville etudiante, avec 3 universites,donc il y a quand meme pas mal de vie

... whatever we wanted from that room... This was at 3pm too, not like we arrived at some weird hour.
The "dorm" was just an apartment with 6 beds in 1 room, a kitchen and 4 beds in the room joined to the kitchen with no door between - check out the photos on facebook.
Glad we booked the cheaper 6 bed dorm and not the more expensive 4 bed!!!
Found out later that day they have another "dorm" downstairs with a 6 bed room and a double bed in ...

... and I had a wonderful 50th. Everyone sang to me in the small restaurant. Thank you everyone for following us and keeping us close with your wonderful comments. To sign off I will say that.....
"There is nowhere like Home".
Love Mick and Lisa

Hi Everyone!

After the miserable week of midterms…

I celebrated a friend's birthday at a restaurant called Dantes. It caters to students, as there is no cover charge and a free drink included with the meal. I can honestly say the food was delicious. We had a large group so it was a lot of fun. I think the birthday girl, Davita also had a good time celebrating her 21st in ...

... rutted dirt for most of the way, and there are no guard rails. You hope that nobody comes at you from the other direction, as there are very few places to back up in order to let somebody pass. The mountain is covered with dense forest, and all you see are ancient houses in tiny settlements, and a set of stations of the Cross which lead presumably to the top. This being Italy, the way is confusing; one very old lady ...

... flaky it would just melt in my mouth. This would be followed by a couple of Wiggles cartoons and Playhouse Disney in part English-part Italian then outside to discover new things on the farm. There they were, the bright juicy lemon tree Giacomo plucked from, and they were aplenty. In the daylight we were now able to see terracotta pots lining one side of the gravel driveway all filled with bright juicy lemon trees. The other side was lined ...

... Mason, formerly Lady Mountcashel, who had played host to Percy and Mary Shelley, and particularly to Claire Clairmont, during their stay in Pisa. By the turn of the century, this literary Café had been transformed into a Café-chantant, and then into one of the first cinemas in Tuscany, only to be restored to its original function at the end of the First World War. In the twentieth century the Caffè dell'Ussero resumed its ...

On Sunday, we got up, ate breakfast and packed lunches to catch the 9:49 train to Lucca. We arrived by 11 and walked the wall there until we found a nice place for lunch. We had a delightful picnic in the shade of the many trees planted by Marie Bonaparte many centuries ago. We then walked a littel further and rented bicycles for a ride around the city. We each got one and Dale and I got a tandem. When done, we got a gelato and noted the time at 1:40. We hustled ...