Today the "Goodbye Girls" and Patrizia left their fellow travelers behind in Florence and took the train to Lucca. They are called the "Goodbye Girls" because they will be leaving after a week (boo-hoo). So today's journal is mostly about our day in the lovely town of Lucca - an hour and a half train ride away. A beautiful sunny day turned into a showery one, but gave us an opportunity to buy new umbrellas, since the ones we were so careful to bring to Italy were left behind! We had a great time and the rest of the folks will go to Lucca next week. Our friends had prepared a nice supper for us when we returned in the evening. Stay tuned!