Blogs from Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe - page 15

(Posted Oct. 2nd by Kim) We started out our second day in Florence by going to the Pitti Palace, a museum with some famous paintings (including some by Raphael), lots of not-so-famous paintings, sculptures, and some VERY beautiful and amazing mosaics. While the Uffizi has more famous works, we chose the Pitti because Joe and I were more interested in the mosaics, and the fact that it had a shorter line helped! I had always thought mosaics were the small tiles on a floor, but these were on tables and in beautiful designs with no space between the tiles that were all different shapes, and they would even choose stones with variation in shades to represent shadows. The top is smooth as the pieces fit together perfectly The mosaics were definitely worth seeing in person because ... read more

Caren and I are in Lucca right now which is exactly the kind of place we needed and wanted after Turin. It gets visited by enought tourists that people speak at least some enlish and it is very cute and relaxing. It is a tiny little city with lots of big old churches surrounded by a big wall. We walked around the wall this morning and this afternoon we are going to take a bus out to see a villa. We got to empty our memory cards today which is good cause i had already filled up a card and a half. We will probably have to empty them again in Rome and then I don't know how I'm going to get through greece with the limited space until we get back to france. The hostel ... read more

Geo: 43.7821, 10.5874We had to Stop in Lucca. After you see the Photos you will know why.... read more