Yesterday we picked up our hire car and did our first driving in Italy. With the trusty GPS in hand we managed to get on track fairly quickly and without too much stress.
We headed off to Pisa to see the Tower and the Baptistry.
After that we thought we take a bit more of a drive and head to Lucca. There is a beautifully preserved Tuscan wall that runs a bit over 3.5kms round the outside of the old city. I managed to convince Ness to take a bike ride around the town! I have photographic evidence.
We had a fantastic time riding the city in the afternoon light. Took a few loops around the city, and Vanessa managed (a. not to fall off) and beat me in a race. I'm blaming my two flat tires and not knowing there was a race but still, I came second.
We didn't time the drive home terribly well, hitting peak hour on the way home but it wasn't too bad. We did have to do a bit of circling in the city to find our car park that was located on a round about that didn't go the whole way around.
Last night we were a bit tired from all the driving so we decided to go next door (literally) for dinner. A great little place called Mamma Toscanas, great food and really cheap.
Today is our last day in Florence and we're heading to Sienna for the next few days.
More photos up too
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With all of the wine that I drank with Katherine (for her birthday) tonight - that photo of a GIANT Vanessa holding up the tower looks surprisingly realistic..... Well, at least for the first couple of seconds it does.....
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