Villa Alessandra Lucca
Via Arsine 1100/b Lucca, Tuscany, 55100, Italy
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Quiet November in Lucca
... quite unbearable causing me to stay awake most of the night. (I remembered that ‘Stig’ had a dentist appointment today so we got in touch with him to see if he could do anything..bless him, he told Mikes to meet him at his place and he would take Mikes with him and get him an appointment)
We arrived to a very clean and professional looking Dental office with everyone there being very nice and helpful. It also gave me a chance to speak only Italian as ...
A Visit to the home of Puccini
... recommendations, and he suggested Trattoria Pizzeria da Francesco, which is just a short walk from the station.
I located the restaurant easily along a quiet side street, but was very suprised at how busy it was, as it’s located in a somewhat “industrial” area right along the rail tracks. However, it seems to have a “loyal following” and everyone in the restaurant was speaking Italian. As far as I could determine, I was ...
A walk in Pisa
... to Livorno, though not before enjoying a nice Ice-cream together in a nice ice-cream shop closer to the train station on our way back.
By now we had booked our cruise entertainment and had nearly every evening booked with a show. This was also the night where we chose to dress up slightly and dine in the Manhattan restaurant during one of their cabaret shows, before hurrying on to the entertainment of the ...
Starting to Sing (finally!!!)
... some very fresh bread… we enjoyed our lunch and drinks …rested for a good while …paid our 19EURO and decided to make our way back to the train station. On the way back we stopped at a local store and bought some local ‘salame’ and ‘formaggio’. We walked to the station…just down the road as I mentioned previously….had a coffee at the station and caught our train back to Lucca.
We then went for a walk around the wall ...
Rest of the month in Lucca - a bit 'slack'
... Mastiff lumbered past and made sure that all noticed him… Atticus gave a bit of a yelp then settled down again.
Anyway…the night was great as usual and we parted ways…M & P are trying to find accommodation for at least 6 months as they have decided to base themselves in Lucca and travel from there (like us). Mary and I made our way past my favourite ‘gelato’ establishment and I bought my nightly gelato… mmmm!!!
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