Lucca e Mercato Centrale e Viaggi! (e Sushi)

Hey everyone! So this weekend we took a day trip with our school to Lucca, Italia! It was pretty amazing. And it was really nice to start going places and seeing new things! Here are some photos from our time there:

Oh the wonderful streets of Lucca :)

The Duomo in Lucca! Not quite as pretty as the one 7 minutes from our house in Florence, but actually really intricate and amazing...

Each column of the Duomo is crafted with a different design made by many different artists of the time

A really big really pretty clocktower

Shout out to mom and dad :)

Another wonderful building in Lucca, the top half (seen here) very colorful and ornate, while the bottom half is very plain and white

Oh, and did I mention there was a Medieval Festival in town? No?

Well, here's some further proof. None of us bought anything, but it was really cool to see!

L-R: Vivien, Caitlin, yours truly, and Allison, enjoying a wonderful sunny day :)

The gorgeous tree I took a nap under in Lucca's favorite napping spot! True story - we saw a bunch of Italians napping there so we used our purses as pillows and took our italian siesta!

Eating gelato - what else?

Shout out to Dad - guess how this street name is pronounced? BOO-YA!!!!

So our trip was really fun. We got a guided tour for an hour and a half, and then just got to explore ourselves for the next four hours, it was perfetto! Today was really fun as well, we finally went shopping on those streets that have all the tents (is that the right word to describe them?) set up, right near Mercato Centrale:

Gina!!! I found you a pug!!

So many pretty scarves...

Pretty Necklaces!

Flags as a Tent Cover

It was 2 euro too much but we almost got this as a room decoration... see the fine print? GLOW IN THE DARK!!

So great! And now we're finally starting to plan some trips- here's what's on the agenda so far:
This weekend: Milan
Next weekend: Interlaken, Switzerland (Paragliding anyone?)
Then... Amalfi Coast, Rome (hey there caitlin amanda!), Perugia (Chocolate Festival!), Pisa and for fall break a tour of Eastern Europe hitting Turkey, Budapest, Prague, and Vienna! I'm SO excited!!!
It's so amazing that I get to live in this spectacular place that not only contains so many gems itself, but gives me access to all of Europa!! I promise to take a TON of pictures on all these amazing journeys, and I promise to attempt to remember what I'm taking pictures of (all old buildings start to look the same after awhile haha)


Oh, and we ordered in sushi tonight for dinner. I expected the worst but it actually wasn't half bad! Maybe you can get decent ethnic food outside of NYC...

That's all for tonight! A full week of classes and then the real traveling begins!





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