Lovely Lucca

Rounded off food in Pisa with a repeat lunch at L'europeo, later delicious dinner at Ristorante Galileo. I am now a semifreddo fan.

Botanical garden was tired and not much cared for, had some lovely flowers.

A very interesting visit to Palazzo Blu, free entrance.

While I found museum with Icons and such not so interesting, also expensive at 5€, and the pottery section was closed.

Some nice shopping.

Now to Lucca! With our dream of a wine & opera trip in mind -

Just a short 30 minutes away from Pisa by dependable nice train, the intact old city walls define a lovely center with cobblestoned streets and alleys - glad I don't use high heels! There is always music here, just then a music festival going on, so we got our opera, and violins later. We found a nice wine bar/pub, and also a delicious wine tasting recommended by our delighful hotel.

Lucca is not so busy as Pisa. While full of tourists it has a very cozy feeling, lots of small good shops, oozing with delightful food and ditto coffee. The birthplace of Puccini was delightful.

Some pictures of course:

 

 

Trip back was ok except Norwegian was delayed so all trains had left the airport when we arrived :( The plane direct from Pisa to Oslo really runs way too late, arriving at midnight IF on schedule.

One major warning: We found all beds to be very hard, in the three hotels we stayed in.

Besides that, happy to return anytime, especially to Lucca.