Lucca

Okay, so we said we were never leaving Elba........Well, maybe just for a little while.

We decided that since we were so close to the Italian mainland that we would take a little jaunt over to the Tuscany region on our way to a romantic getaway in Florence. After a quick ferry ride and then a train we arrived in the town of Lucca for the afternoon and night. In the midst of beautiful green rolling hills, we stayed in a villa named "Villa Del Papa". The Italians call the Pope "Papa" but we didn't see any sign of him--not even in the little church with the tolling bells right outside our gate.
















The Tuscany region is everything we imagined it to be and though our stay was brief, it was special.

















We went into the old walled city for an awesome dinner at a little romantic restaurant where we ate and drank a little too much. No, actually it was just enough and perfect...........