Our Roads led to Rome
We are in Rome now, on our second last day in Italy. We left the villa on New Years Day. After a longish trip, we arrived in Lucca, where we would stay for three nights. This is a very old city, with the old walls still intact. Our hotel was inside the city walls. This is a city that once boasted 100 churches, and there are signs of them everywhere, although only a handful are still in regular use. Lots of narrow streets and opportunities to get lost! Quite a few squares here too, including one that is the site of the old Roman amphitheater. Ok, so it’s more round than a square, but you get the idea. They built houses in the spaces where the old walls used to be and there are now only very few signs of the Roman construction. You can see part of the original wall in this photo. One of Lucca’s famous sons was the composer Giacomo Puccini. This photo shows his statue and birthplace (the red brick house). The next day, we travelled to Pisa. This was another “pinch me” moment, reali