lucca today and it wasn't as pretty as the pictures i'd seen on the television...more fool you for being taken in by clever photography said lou! but the streets were interesting and the church facades amazing. i liked the walls which we walked on at the end of the visit.
then we headed for the hills beyond and ended up in castelnuova. no tourists, no sites you felt you had to go and look at...just a wander then a cup of tea followed by a relaxing drive home via san guiliano terme which is the town nearest our hotel. the mission was to find a good restaurant to eat in this evening. we found two and the one we opted for tonight was great fun with a kids' party in full swing to celebrate the birthday of the owner's daughter!
my mussel and clam 'soup' was a brimming plate of shellfish which took some eating...but i managed! then wild boar stew while lou chewed the bones of a deep fried rabbit...sorry gwen!
ps from the road to lucca you can see the grand buildings of pisa including the tower rising from the flat plain...the leaning tower still looks extremely odd even from that distance!
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