I'm still driving on the back roads and the temperature is around 30 degrees and often more. I wanted to make a stop in Montecatini Terme but there was just too much commotion with road building and big trucks so I left but it looks very interesting and I had heard about a nice camp sire up above M.Alto. May go back that way sometime. Meanwhile on over to Lucca a beautiful little city with walls all around it and they're so wide that one could drive all the way around but fortunately it is reserved for walkers and cyclists with plenty of room for both.
It was, of course, the birthplace of Puccini and his childhood home is now a museum complete with a Steinway piano. Every corner in Lucca is special with great piazzas, restaurants oozing with atmosphere, great architecture especially in the numerous churches, fun mimes, a paradise for shoppers and a place to rent a bike and just enjoy it all.
It was, of course, the birthplace of Puccini and his childhood home is now a museum complete with a Steinway piano. Every corner in Lucca is special with great piazzas, restaurants oozing with atmosphere, great architecture especially in the numerous churches, fun mimes, a paradise for shoppers and a place to rent a bike and just enjoy it all.
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| Great little Enoteca by St Michel |
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| San Michel |
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| Basilica |
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| Puccini the man himself with old home in the background |
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| The Amphitheatre |
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