Tredici settembre domenica ( September 13 Sunday)

Piove in Lucca (It rains in Lucca). Rain, rain and more rain in the morning. At times very hard and some thunder and when it thunders here because the buildings  are so close together it triples the noise.

It cleared up later in the afternoon. The Santa Croce Procession celebration is tonight - always on September 13th. Click here for an explanation.

We went for a walk but not on the wall because the weather could turn in a heartbeat.

Dinner at Osteria Vispa Teresa, a small local place where tourists do not go. And it is out of the way, so all the locals were eating near the parade area (the entire center of the city). Menu hand written and only in Italian. Primo, Dow ha preso ravioli di ricotta e pomarola e ho presso lasagne al ragù. Secondo, Dow ha preso cinghiale in umido con olive e ho preso trippa al toscana.

Dopo la cena siamo andati alla celebrazione di Santa Croce  (After dinner we went to The Santa Croce celebration). It was crazy - hundreds of people lined the streets, candles on the walls of all the buildings - amazing atmosphere.

It was so dark the most of the pictures did not turn out. All of Lucca was in the parade every organization was represented -sort of  like the labor day parade in Pittsburgh.  Every organization and/or religious group instead of trucks and labor unions.

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