Natalie's Visit

Last week my friend Natalie and her travel buddy Melissa arrived in Lucca for a 3 night stop over. Natalie and I worked together in Melbourne, like me Natalie has since left and has the travel bug! Whilst I had many ideas planned for her visit (ie. a trip to the Villas, a day at the beach etc), she’d just moved on from 5 days with family in Marostica, where she rediscovered her Italian roots. What she really needed was a rest!  So we relaxed .............

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‘LOOK MEL, YOU COULD WORK HERE’

NAT ON HER WAY TO THE GUINIGI TOWER

We dined in, we dined out; we rode the bikes around and around until our bums hurt. There may also have been the occasional gelati in there somewhere.

PASTA MAKING

LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT

It was also the week of the Festa di San Paolino, the patron saint of Lucca. We managed to catch a few of the celebrations being held in his honor. 

 

We cool our hot feet in the Serchio river after an 11km ride. Nat came up with the great idea to sit in the river on little beach chairs, an alternative to the 45min Vespa ride to the beach.

A great few days spent in sunny Lucca. It was lovely to see you Nat!