We loved our time in Lucca and especially the time spent with our family but after 19 nights it was time to move on to the next stage of our journey. Filippo kindly transported our bags in his car to where our car was parked in Via Pietro Paolini, outside the walls. The day was mild and cloudy and even though there had been another severe thunderstorm during the night, rain had not fallen much during the daytime while we were in Lucca and its surrounding areas. The first 30 mins of our trip on the autostrada to Torri del Benaco on Lake Garda went really well, then there was a complete standstill as we approached Florence. We decided to detour and whilst the mountain scenery through which we passed was magnificent, the new route added
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