Lucca

A short 30 minute train ride took us from Pisa to Lucca. Another small town - ahhhh - of about 80,000 people, from the train station it was a very easy walk to the old town center. Lucca is a classic medieval city surrounded by a 4 km wall and as you walk thorough it up to the town, you can really feel what it must have been like for people hundreds of years ago to enter the city gates. We had a gorgeous room at a bed & breakfast called La Boheme where we would have easily enjoyed staying longer than one night. After checking in and grabbing a light lunch, we headed up to "walk the wall" which is accessed from several different points around the city. the entire top of the wall is smoothly paved, where people stroll, bike and run around the city, all with a great view on either side of the wall.

While we were here, as well as in Pisa, there were anti Burlusconi protest marches, as a lot of people here aren't very happy with the prime ministers being accused of paying for a young prostitute. Kind of wild to see these narrow streets filled with people chanting and waving banners while you eat your lunch!

The inside pictures you see are of our room at the B&B as well as the lobby area and breakfast room outside of it. Really a lovely place which we would HIGHLY recommend.