Today we walked to the Lucca Saturday market to buy shoes, as we know that we are tempting weather fate with our Teva sandals. Mauny forgot his money belt, so Elaine waited for him inside the city walls. While there, she heard bagpipes and then a man in full Scottish garb approaching. He and his mate were promoting an upcoming concert by a Scottish military band. Elaine told him about her high school band and majorettes from her hometown of Scottdale, PA, which had its own bagpipe brigade and majorettes who did their own Scottish fling at footbal halftimes. They parted company and as he walked down the streets of Lucca, he flung his bagpipe up under his arm, and played the tune that Elaine had mentioned her school bagpipe brigade played upon entering the field. It brough at tear to her eye.
Mauny returned and on they went to the market. Mauny found running shoes, and Elaine a shawl and pair of new slacks to look more presentable for upcoming social evenings out. Mauny went back to our affitacamere and did his first run of 5k since September. Elaine went to wash her very dirty rain jacket, which took about 3 hours, as she had to wait for the stores to open at 3:30 just to buy detergent. So in the interim, she walked the shopping streets to find her shoes. After buying detergent, she went to the laundromat, only to learn that detergent was automatically included in the wash.
Elaine had also bought some Lucchese soup and took it back to the room. After dinner in the room, Elaine and Mauny went to a free concert. Puccini was born in Lucca and they are having a 150 year celebration of his life. Most of concerts are at charge, but the one tonight was free, and was excellent. The very talented jazz trio, took Puccini operas and set them to jazz. Later in the program, they also brought out an operatic singer who sang opera to jazz. It was a unique concept and very well done.
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