We have been wanting to do a bit of cycling round Lucca for a while - it's too hilly for us here in Barga. So, on a whim, we went off on Wednesday for a night in Lucca. Our B&B was in one of the buildings which make up the Piazza del Anfiteatro, on the site of the Roman amphitheatre. We had a great view over the piazza - great for people-watching!
Then we hired bikes and cycled out of town along the banks of the Serchio on a cycleway which forms part of the Via Francigena, which is the ancient pilgrims' way connecting Canterbury with Rome.
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| Just arrived in Lucca, and enjoying the view of the anfiteatro from our window - note Barbara in centre wearing green jacket - quite a good likeness, I think ... |
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| A bit more close up - on the cycle path by the river |
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| More river ... |
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| The Serchio has a bad flooding record - these flood protection measures are presumably the sort of thing now being contemplated in the UK |
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| A colony of little egrets relaxing |
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| On the way back from our meal, in the old market square, we glimpsed the weird spectacle of the holm oaks at the top of the Torre Guinigi - they, or their predecessors, have been growing there for 500 years! |
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