LUCCA IN ITALY ~ visiting Pisa and Lucca

# streetartist photographed by me for a tip

‘ WHEN LIFE GIVED YOU TWIST AND TURNS, CHIQUE YOURSELF UP IN ITALY by Barbara Conelli ‘

At 7.30 we arrived in La Spezia where we will stay until 18.30 when we sail further. It’s nice weather, about 17 degrees Celsius when we woke up and at 7.44 am the sun is rising beautifully. We go of the ship today because you need to enjoy the nice weather, food and people here in Italy while we can.

# photo while docking the port by me from the balcony

First stop was Pisa, with the beautiful, not mainstream tower. Its so nice restored and not at all old in her white presence.

WIKIPEDIA SOURCE **<< **The Tower of Pisa is the free-standing bell tower (a campanile) at the cathedral of Pisa (Duomo di Pisa). The tower is one of the parts of the Piazza dei Miracoli. Builders were Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano. The 55.55 meter high tower is about 4 meters off the lead. The tower's inclination, among other things, attracts many tourist visitors who like to take pictures in which it seems as if they are holding up or pushing the tower up. Shortly after the construction began in 1173, the tower began to tilt. Because people continued to build perpendicularly, the tower is not only crooked, but also crooked. Before the 1990 restoration, the tower was 5.5 degrees off the lead. Since the completion of that restoration in 2001, the slope is approximately 3.99 degrees. The overhang has been reduced from 4.5 meters to 3.9 meters. The tower of Pisa was built in three stages, spread over a period of 200 years. The construction of the first floors began on August 9, 1173. After the construction of the third floor in 1178, the tower began to slope. Work on the tower then stopped for about 100 years, because the people of Pisa were at war with Genoa and Florence. This gave the ground time to convert; if the tower had been completed according to plan in one go, it would certainly have toppled over. >>

# picture made with selfie stick by me myself and hubs

For us it was a must see and we made so many pictures and the boys loved it. They were holding the tower and pushing it so fun in the sun, but it was to hot to go up. There were military’s around the tower aswell, a sight i Will never get use to. But nesseccary i guess.on to the next stop

# Littel D wanted a souvenir

Today we also went to Lucca, the sweetest Italian town And a historical must see. We took a taxi cab from the harbour and went to the centre of town. The name Lucca came from the celtic-Ligurian word luk meaning marsh, but there is also said that researchers attribute the birth of this beautiful city to etruscans according to recent archeological discoveries. But its proved that Lucca was founded by the Romans in 180BD at the end of the bloody war against the Ligurian who strongly resisted the advance of Rome. The city still maintains the Roman orthogonal planning which devided the space within the walls in regular blocks during the second century, as we saw today by the network of streets of the historical centre.The church off SAN MICHELE is on such a nice square we had to go and see. But there is so much to see that we had to make a choice because my mother cant walk all day. Casa Museo Puccini where Giacomo Puccini was born on 22 December 1858, and in that museum there is a collection of objects belonging to the maestro including the Steinway piano and composed work like Turandot, one of his famous works.

# I guess a #wednesdaywalk and a #treetuesday could do here, pictures made by me again

Chiesa San Michele is church located at the San Michele square, with on the front the large marble statue of archangel Michael. Via Fillungo where we shopped. And Le Mura, the walls that are well known from the pictures of the town of Lucca. The impressive monument, fully in tact stretches out for 4 kilometers, and are made of red bricks and characterised by a succession of bastions and were built between the middle of the 16 th and the middle of the 17th century as a defence wall.

Besides all the things that are offered to visit in Lucca like the Casa museo Puccini, chiesa San Michele, Via Fillungo, Piazza Anfieatro, Basilica San Frediano, Torre Guinigi , le Mura and Catthedrale San Martino there is so much more to see. I made a lot of pictures from details from the buildings and the houses we saw. But we also i had a great lunch in a nice square and we shopped for some truffles. [ absolutely another food blog soon ]

# shots by me with camera and phone

My impression of Lucca was great, very nice people and if you love history there is a week to fill. For us not, i even had an empty battery on the moment we visited the second monument but that was ok the day turned out very nice and the weather was even greater. Making memories and visiting new places is a god gift to me and i am enjoying it for a 1000 percent.

We will leave at 18.30 to the next port. The port of Civitavecchia.

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