I really liked these little stained glass pieces in one of the churches in Lucca.
Going across part of the wall in Lucca. It was huge and had beautiful little areas to play and sit in the shade of the amazing huge trees.
On the wall again.
Fun for the boys.
Crazy women truly enjoying Lucca.
The front of one of the huge churches in Lucca. The stained glass above is from this church.
The back of that same church. The organ is amazing.
The Plaza or Piaza. It was circular and really quite nice. Of course we stopped for some gelato.
This is another large church in the city. We could not get into this one. But I thought the top statue of Arch Angel Michael was cool.
The above mentioned church. Amazing that they could build them so well back then and now most of the churches don't have even a fourth of this splendor.
The second day that we were in Italy we headed for Lucca, Piza, and Viareggio. This post is about Lucca which is a beautiful ancient walled city. It was so cool to see the old Roman aquaducts coming into the city. The wall is so thick that there is a bike path with huge trees on both sides (pictured above). Lucca is where the best olive oil in the world comes from and where my great grandmother was from. It was very cool to be able to see the city where some of my roots originated. However, there was no easy way to find more information on my great grandmother because her name was as common as Smith.
It was quite hot that day, so Sam is the handsome stud without the shirt.
Somehow the vehicles just don't fit in.
I loved the fact that laundry (no matter what type) hung outside of windows and homes everywhere.
Can you tell he was tired of having his picture taken!
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