Day eight

Day eight. Sept 15th

Today we took a day trip to Pisa and Lucca. We got into a bus with a bunch of people. Our tour guide translated everything in English, German, and Spanish every time, which was interesting to hear, for the first couple of minutes at least. Pisa was pretty much what you expect, but we didn't get a lot of time there; just enough to take cheesy 'holding up the tower' shots and look inside the church.

After Pisa, we headed to Lucca, a fortress type town, surrounded by a giant wall. This was also the birthplace of the composer Puccini, we had lunch there, probably some of the best pasta we've tasted, at a little place off the path. We also grabbed a lemon fritte, or donut, covered in sugar. After Lucca, we went to another vineyard for another wine tasting! Anna and I don't drink wine, but we tried everything, with bitter faces along the way.

We headed back to Florence, decompressed a bit in our room, and headed back ours for some night browsing and had dinner at a charming little restaurant where the building was as old as the waiters there. Good food though, and we also tried mascarpone for dessert which was tasty and sweet. Pretty low key day, but it was a nice change.