Lucca (Jun 19,20)

Lucca lies 2 hrs to the north of Rome, back in Tuscany again and is a unique town of 80 thousand people or so. Unlike other Tuscan towns this one is flat, not built on a hill top, and as a result is full of bikes. It too is surrounded by a wall that is very broad on top wide enough for pathways with lots of trees and is always full of people jogging, cycling, walking their dogs, etc.















We decided to use it to picnic on our first day and due to lack of glasses we tried (but probably failed) at discretion and decoram....let us know what you think.....see photo of John drinking vino rosso....














Its a wonderful town to get away to and yet still has its share of impressive churches built in the 1200s (some with facades looking a bit like big multi-tiered wedding cake).














We had a nice time here, staying in a place that was an old converted monastery with a room spread over 2 levels and windows looking out over the terracotta roof tops of the town. If one really needed to get away, relax and sip capuccinos in the piazzas then this is one of the places to go!














We stayed just a couple of days because we really wanted to head a bit further north and get back to the sea before leaving Italy.