Italia 19
2 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Early start with a 3:45 pick up. No queues at check in and fairly quick through security. Joined the other 20 odd people scheduled for our flight to Pisa. Well it wasn't bad news for us, as we got a Czytaj więcej
Day Trip to Pisa
3 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
It wouldn't be a holiday in Tuscany if we didn't make our daily trip to Pisa!!!.
This time however we were stopping awhile 1st lunch and then the tower. Very nice lunch at Osteria Dei Mille Czytaj więcej
Inside the Cathedral
3 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
"To you men and women of other religions of those who don't adhere to any religion to you Christians of all other churches a warm welcome to you!"
Pasta and Wine
3 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Pasta and wine night back at the villa, after another stop at the supermarket (where we caused havoc the day before) for more wine, pasta and cheese, only to be served by the same check out Czytaj więcej
Cinque Terre
4 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lunch in wet and windy Monterosso underneath the railway arches.
Vernazza
4 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Now we are in wet and windy Vernazza.......
Vernazza
4 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Whens its wet and windy in Vernazza all you can do is shop or leave to keep dry.
Cinque Terre
4 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
1st stop; La Spezia, where we parked the bus to go by train into the Cinque Terre National Park.
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Inside the walled city.
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Still walking around Lucca. Managed to grab lunch in a beautiful restaurant called Baralla before finding Willy Wonka's Chocolate Shop.
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Fed and watered and still walking around Lucca.
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The walled city of Lucca before it rains.
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Oh no the liquor store is closed......
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Still at the wine shop ....
Lucca
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
The Holy Face of Lucca.
What is the Holy Face? This large wooden crucifix, 2 and a half metres tall, is kept in the Church of San Frediano, and depicts a singular Christ, known as "Black Christ of the Czytaj więcej
Marlia - back at the Villa
5 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Chicken Marsalla night courtesy of chefs JoAnne and Greg, assisted by Keith on the cheese grater, a delicious meal followed by wine tasting of 3 wines and stories by Greg, Keith and Tim. Czytaj więcej
Marlia
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Woke up this morning and I thought I had been deported because the rain had stopped and the sun was shinning. 😎😎
Lucca
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Well the sunshine didn't stay long. If you slept in or even blinked you would have missed it ☔. So it was another wet day in Lucca.......
Lucca
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Lovely lunch at an eco friendly restaurant. 🍽🍷👍
Lucca
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Leaving Lucca in the evening
Marlia and Pizza Night
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
You wouldn't be in Italy if you didn't have pizza for tea ....at least one night 🍕🍷
Beautifully prepared and cooked by pizza chef Tim and his able assistant wife Jill 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
Marlia
6 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
After pizza its another wine tasting session hosted by Marilyn and JoAnne.
Day trip to Florence
7 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Day trip to Florence which meant an early'ish start for the 10:30 train direct from Lucca.
Florence Doumo and Baptistry
7 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
1st stop the Doumo and Baptistry.
Uffizi Museum
7 listopada 2019, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
2nd stop the Uffizi Museum requested by the ladies in the party as there is some naked guy there called David who apparently slayed Goliath with a sling shot.
PodróżnikBon voyage xxx have a great trip xxx
PodróżnikWow.....that seems an eventful first day.....have a great holiday x