October 24th, Lucca, 50k circuit

Now settled in our first apt. in Lucca, we set out to cycle the 20 k or so to Pisa. However, the skies looked threatening, so we decided to do more local loops. We rode south, then east for a highly rewarding route (all based on gussing from the Touring Club road map we have been using throughout our trip) through vineyards, orachards and small medieval stone built towns. One of the routes overlapped with the Via delle Acqua (road of water) and we saw many people collecting water in jerry cans, and bottles from springs. We finally rode along the acquaduct into Lucca and had lunch beside it. To cool down, we cycled on the city walls two times and Mauny made note of the distance for his future runs (must buy new shoes tmow). We bought some homemade tortellini at the neighborhood store and cooked in our room with a local bottle of wine and good books at our side.