Sorry we had only two days here, we were totally enchanted with Lucca! Today was slower because Tom’s leg (from his mishap in Milan) was aching and he somehow managed to catch a doozie of a cold.
We postponed Cindy’s arrival until 1 p.m. because we were also waiting for a call from Ali & James prior to her surgery. We were able to FaceTime audio with them en route to the hospital and then a few texts once there. It feels wrong to be so far away when she’s having surgery, but Paige will arrive tomorrow and I feel so good about that.
Another beautiful Tuscan day awaited us. When Cindy arrived we all agreed a long, al fresco lunch was in order. We will all be leaving tomorrow morning and thought the evening would be well spent packing and organizing for our respective departures. Cindy will return to US we will head to Venice to board our cruise!
Cindy had a lovely restaurant in mind, atop the wall and with a divine menu. The weather was perfect for the walk and the dining. So civilized to have unlimited time to eat and visit. We had to keep reminding ourselves that we were eating lunch in Lucca!!
After lunch we walked the wall back towards our apartment taking in the local scenes. We stopped at the gallery of the artist Andrea Roggi. His sculptures are installed throughout Lucca and are really quite wonderful.
Near our apartment we said our goodbyes. But we will see each other in a month in Pasadena for our 50 year high school reunion!! Can’t wait to drop the fact that we just saw each other in Italy – lol.
Evening was spent organizing, reading and waiting for word on Ali’s surgery. Sometime after we went to bed we got the call from them and were able to speak to Ali. All went very well and we hope her recovery will be smooth.
Domani, Venice and MSC Cruises!!
¡Ciao America! 