Giorno Otto

Italy 2024

Fa bel tempo (Beautiful day)


Abbiamo lavorato sul sito web. (We worked on the web site.) Actually, it is fun reminiscing about the previous day. The hard part is deciding what pictures to use.


Later in the morning we walked the wall. A lot of people out walking, running, biking etc. When we exited the wall we found another of the sculptures called “The revolt of the wild world.” A sculpture depicting the uprising of wild animals, led by the bear and the mouflon, following the death of the rare specimen of the Northern Bald Ibis in Tuscany.


Maureen, Carmen and Jill joined us for lunch at Antica Locanda dell'Angelo. I didn't think we could all sit together but, it worked out – barely. (There was a large group of Road Scholar tourists.) Prima volta che siamo stati in questo ristorante. (First time the we have been to this restaurant.) The food was very good -  you know the expression – “You cannot have a bad meal in Italy”.


In the afternoon we visited the Church of SAN CRISTOFORO (Saint Christopher). The exhibit there was titled “Lucca and the institutions - 75 years of history images”.

Many very interesting pictures – of historical events in Lucca from the 1950's (black and white – remember those?) to the present day   We selected only a few.


At night we went to have a variety of snacks & lots of good wine on the patio of Maureen, Carmen and Jill.


Grazie per il bel momento. (Thank you for a good time.)


Buona Notte




Shade on the wall
Workers on the wall trimming flowers
Sun on the wall
Sun and shade on the wall
The revolt of the wild world
Information on The revolt of the wild world
Roberto- Sauteed octopus, tomato soup, Bronte pistachios
Dow-Raw tuna fish served with avocado, balsamic vinegar and crispy onion
Jill - on right - Prawns on cream of panzanella, vegetable charcoal croutons, burrata stracciatella
Maureen - Eggplant millefeuille with goat cheese and tomato
Typical home made ravioli with meat sauce -Tordelli lucchesi fatti in casa
Dow-Pappardelle with rabbit sauce with Taggiasche olives
Church of SAN CRISTOFORO (Saint Christopher)
Stripped alter
Example of black and white pictures
dedication of Puccini's home
Summer concerts
Dustin Hoffman - completion of film in Lucca
Memorial site to those Lucchesi fallen in World War 1 and II
Memorial site to those Lucchesi fallen in World War 1 and II
Memorial site to those Lucchesi fallen in World War 1 and II
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