The Great Wall Of Lucca

Lucy - Today we wandered around in the drizzling rain to see how many shoe stores could be found for the great shoe buying expedition. The good news is I have found at least 5 stores to drag Andrew kicking & screaming to. I wonder if he'll be too tired to go on the expedition, but I know Gusband will be a willing participant in the shoe-athon....

A few random shots from our morning stroll.

It was soon time for lunch & then off to hire some bicycles to ride around The Great Wall of Lucca. Today we started with a speciality of Lucca, Faro con gorgonzole with speck. Yummy yum yum. Then Gusband & I who apparently have the same taste in food both ordered the Tagliarini with Hare!! I think that is the 5th meal we have ordered the same. Super yummy but a bit too salty. I asked Gusband "how do you say it's a bit salty?....To Andrews horror as he thought I was going to tell the waitress that. Gusband answered just say blah blah blah.. which loosely translated meant "Would you like to have safe sex!!!" Great now that means I can't trust him to help me either.

So next we were off to Ride bikes on the Great Wall that surrounds Lucca. 

We don't look tourists much, do we ?

So talented Andrew 

On top of the wall

A view from the walls edge

Our fearless leader finding our position on the map

Back to town. 

We just made made it in the nick of time as the heavens decided to open up.

Tomorrow might be a trip to the Cinque Terre, who's excited.. ME!

Andrew - It's a bit scary that we are relying on Gusband to be our leader and translator when things like this occur, he is a bit naughty. The good news is that I don't think it would have mattered because I think our waitress thought we were slightly mental anyway.

A great thing about this trip is that we are all getting photos of each other. Usually when Gusband and I travel together it looks like only I am having a holiday because Gusband takes all the photos. This way we are all getting a go. Although truth be told I think I might become the photographer seeing as I'm the one who has already put on 4 kilos. I am becoming fat-tourist at a rate of knots!

And I wonder why I'm getting fat... add gin and vino and you have one increasingly upsized Australian

Another thing I'm noticing is there are a lot of photos from behind on this trip, which means there are a lot of photos of our arses. Can this be a good thing? I think not. I think next meal I'll be having the salad.

So we've been forced inside due to a ripper of a thunder storm. Worry not campers we have meat and cheese and plenty of vino to keep us going. Maybe the weightloss can wait. xxxx