Friday, November 14, 2008

Mon. 11/10/08 A Rest Day in Lucca

Today was a fantastic day with sun, and warm temperatures. We decided however that after four straight days of hiking, and cycling our bodies really needed a break. Besides, the weather report called for another excellent day tomorrow...
We walked around town, enjoying semi empty streets (the tourists are mostly gone), drinking good coffee, and climbing up one of the towers - the one with the trees growing at the top - to enjoy the beautiful views of the town, and the surrounding mountains. We could identify many of the features from where we stood. The communication towers at the top of the mountain to the west where we had cycled only a couple of days before, the vinyard covered slopes we had cycled a couple of weeks earlier, and towns we had visited or planned to visit. Tomorrow we were going to ride to a beach town 25 km west of here - Viareggio.

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