Villa La Principessa Lucca

... and we stayed until we were ready to retire for the evening.<br><br>Sat 14 Nov<br>Next day we had a sleep-in and then went for a run around the 4km city walls. Twice around was enough for Kim and I managed a 3rd. After a shower we were back in town for more meandering and I had one of the best Cupuccio's (Capuccino) ever!! We found a few hours during siesta to catch up with the ...

... one was also closed, but there were no hours on the doors. Tara had said that she wanted to go bike riding but this time on her own bike which she handled quite well and we rode twice around the wall then walked back to the playground which the girls had seen everytime we rode around the town. On the way home we decided to look for a ...

... the bus to the village rather than take the 363 steps up. We had a quick look around, at a small chuch as well as a lookout and then walked down the steps, back to the train station. By this time, the girls were getting tired as it was quite a bit warmer than the weather we were used to &#8211; in the mid- twenties I would say. We thought we were catching the train to Manarola, the next station as we were going to walk from Manarola to Riomaggiore but for ...

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>

... was basically rabbit caccitore which was very nice but salty. Actually I have found most meals that I&#8217;ve had in Europe very salty. Greg had a whole fish while Katelyn had lamb chops which she said were very nice. Greg had profiterols which he said were delicious. We have found the wines that we have had in Italy quite good. There were 2 Irish women sitting near us and when we left they asked me if we were Canadian!

... our balcony!<br><br>Back on the Ruby, we had time to relax on the Sun Deck. It was a very warm afternoon, in the high 20's so a relaxing couple hours seemed in order! Being a tourist can be exhausting! <br><br>We made sure we had dinner early as the final show of the Broadway Ballroom was in the Princess Theatre at 8:30pm. This show rivaled a very high level performance as the show featured the talents of the ...

<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Italy&#8211; The Holiday<br> <br> <br> <br> Pisa, Looking East Along the Arno<br> DAY ONE<br> Norma Shearer, playing Elizabeth Barrett, gets all excited when Robert Browning nudges her to come to Italy with him. &#8221; Italy&#8230; ah, Italy!&#8221; she gushes, and rightly so. That&#8217;s what I felt like doing after a cramped nine hour flight from JFK to Pisa. Don&#8217;t even ...

... consumed Pizzas and drank a couple of litres of their delicious red wine. We were thrown out when the place closed at 2.00. On the Monday, I met up with them again and we had a bang-up lunch . GREAT BIRTHDAY When I'd met up with Helen and Ann in Dublin at the beginning of the month they'd said they'd just been to the Leonard Cohen concert there, but it had rained all through and they'd got soaked so they were going to see him again in sunshine ...

... to Portofino for a different look at the towns but the ocean is quite rough today so will see how the week pans out. Each town is very pretty and very quiet at night when the tours leave. Its nice to stay in the towns and experience the real italian lifestyle. Including the smelly fish markets in the morning - but boy you dont get your fish any fresher than this! Straight out of the boat on the ocean. I am ...

... the day. Perhaps all this beauty distracted us but we got lost driving back to Montignoso at night. There is nothing worse than being lost at night on foreign freeways when you cannot read or speak the language very well. We thought we were going to make it back during daylight...