Silvia picked us up at 8:40am at Bucine and we drove for 2 hours for our first stop at the Martelli Pasta Factory in Lari. We were able to view the pasta being made and hear how hard pasta, made from semolina, is the easiest to digest. The pasta is extruded through bronze dies to make the pasta, which is rough in order for the sauce to cling to it. From Lari, we drove to Pisa where we looked at the leaning tower. Photos do not do the angle of the lean justice. After Pisa, we drove to Lucca and did a 2 hour walking tour with a guide from by the local tourist information centre. Lucca is a walled city, where the medieval wall is 4km in circumference and 12m in width. Moats were on
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