We are now firmly rooted in the Tuscan countryside! Greetings from Lucca - one of our favorite places so far! Since our last entry, we have been so many places it is hard to get your head around it so I will give you the highlights. We ended up staying for four nights in Sorrento because we loved our place so much and we made it to Positano, an amazing city down the coast cut into the cliffs (see pic), We spent the day there and took a boat ferry back right just in time. A HUGE thunderstorm hit and shook the bungalow all night - one of the biggest I have ever been through. But in the morning it was green and beautiful and we found our way up to Pompeii and saw the ruins there. After one more night we headed to Rome for four nights. I wont even list all the historic and amazing things we saw there, but we saw it all. Chris and I had a long discussion about monuments and "old stuff" and decided not to just see everything because we feel that we have too. All amazing, but its all starting to blend together. We vow to get even more creative with our travels :)

We do see all of Rome and were ready for something slower so instead of heading to Florence as planned, we found oursleves in Lucca, which is between Pisa and Florence. Lovely place in the Tuscan countryside that has few cars inside its walls (bikes mostly-obviously I love it). Today we rented bikes, bought food for a picnic and off we went. We ended up 20 km away in Pisa and got to see the tower and everything. So amazing! So now we are tired and ready for some good pasta! We are off to Florence for the day tomorrow and then on to Venice on Monday. Enjoy our pics (us and the travel dragon of course).

Take Care -

Blythe and Chris