We had planned to visit the Cinque Terra today. Unfortunately, we found out yesterday that the trains were going on strike today sooooo our only other option to visit the Cinque Terra would be a private car costing approx. $300 euros. That wasn’t going to work so we decided to spend the day in the town of Lucca. Not a bad second choice.
We strolled the beautiful shops, picked up a few additional trinkets we couldn’t do without – had lunch at Don’s favorite pizza place, gelato in the famous Piazza Anfiteatro, some more shopping and then dinner at a restaurant in Piazza Napoleon where the Lucca Summer Concert is now playing. The manager of our hotel, Mario of Palazzo Alexander also owns this restaurant so he made reservations for us. We were serenaded by an Italian singer while we ate. What a way to spend our last day in Lucca. Lucca, we will miss you and Mario and his son Gabriel of the Palazzo Alexander. They truly made our stay very special!
Mario at the front desk
Don with his yummy pizza
Nikki with a waiter at the yummy pizza restaurant
at a gelateria
us after dinner
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