A Taste of Tuscany
Easter weekend is always a good time to travel. If you’re organised enough to book in advance, the bank holidays can allow you a nice long mini break. As such, we headed off to Tuscany for 5 nights. We based ourselves a short distance outside the city gates of Lucca and used a hire car to explore. You need to be careful when driving in Italy as they have the dreaded ZTL’ s in most cities. To be on the safe side, we parked outside the walls of Lucca and got a bus to Florence , €12 each return and just over an hour in either direction. We did a walking tour but a lot of the info was lost as it was a very large group (more than 50) and sometimes difficult to hear guide. Nevertheless, it’s a beautiful city with a rich history and offers lots to see. Lago (lake) di Massaciuccol was beautiful. I’m not one for sitting quietly when or holiday (or nor for that matter) but I was so content just to sit on a bench and watch the gentle motion of the lake, the litt...