Going to Lucca has become a weekly event! Today's trip was somewhat different as the monthly weekend antiques market was going on and there were a lot of people out and about. We enjoyed a little lunch in the Anfiteatro Piazza then everyone wandered around lovely Lucca. After a walk through the botanical garden, I achieved a personal goal of walking the complete 2.8 miles on the city walls. It was a very nice experience and I made it in just over two hours with a couple of brief "sit-downs". The photos will show the interesting scenes along the way and what was on either side of the wall. Others shopped, climbed the Guingini Tower, visited exhibits and checked out the prices in the antique market - no one purchased a real treasure however. After a relaxing train ride, we were back in Florence by 8 p.m. A lovely fall day in Italy!
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David and the Cooking Class!
Today was the beginning of the new group's getting to know Florence so we started out with a visit to the most popular guy in town - David! After leaving him we continued our orientation by walking for a while and ending up at the Ponte(Bridge)Vechicco (Old) - built in 1345. This was the only bridge the Nazis did not bomb when leaving Florence toward the end of WWII. We stopped in at the Ferragamo shoe museum on our way to the cooking class at "In Tavola". A good time was had by all as we spent a couple of hours preparing our four-course meal and then enjoying the results down in the wine cellar.