It's been such an intense week. Those curve balls seem to have turned into head-on pitches, and the art of dodging them makes any basic army training seem like a walk in the park. And so with a sigh of relief, we made it to Friday - almost like being out on a weekend pass.
I've always been cautious at looking forward to something too much. Rather be pleasantly surprised. This is not that easy to be adhering to when the prospect of three weeks in Italy awaits. It's just so very difficult to not want to try and see every possible attraction you find in all your research. But hey, one can always go back to see more. :)
One of the towns we were advised to see was Lucca. And so from Tuscany, we plan to go via Pisa to Lucca.
http://www.luccabed.com/index.html
I've subsequently found out that there is a Pinocchio Park in a town called Collodi, near Lucca. Also, a little North of Lucca, is Carrara, famous for its marble. Michelangelo used to source his marble from Carrara, and so the David statue was carved from Carrara's marble. It is said that this marble is of a much finer quality than say the marble of Greece, which is why so many of the Greek statues have ended up with missing arms, noses, etc.
From Lucca we will head further North to the Cinque Terre. Unfortunately we're not wealthy enough to be mooring a yacht in Portofino's harbour. So we've settled for a place in Corniglia, which is a little further South.
https://www.arbaspaa.com/hotel/Camere_Orietta/gallery.aspx
Finding directions to the actual guesthouse has been challenging, so we'll have to figure it out when we get there, I guess.
From here, we head further North to the Piedmont area. But more about that tomorrow. :)
Four Days :)
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