I’m watching soccer on TV and I’m interested, but somehow not so riveted that I can’t write at the same time. Anyway, the game hasn’t started yet — I guess it’s the same pre-game nonsense we sit through in the States. At the moment, an army of commentators are talking at us. One of the [...]
Yesterday we took quick day-trip (a few hours, really) by train to a town on the sea called Viareggio. It has a long beach that I guess is entirely open to the public, although, for as far down the shore as we could see, you have to walk through a beach-front business to gain [...]
From Piazza Napoleane
Originally uploaded by MrWoodleigh.
Mrs. W. and I like to sit on one of the benches below the large trees that line 3 sides of Piazza Napoleone.
If I ever learn any Italian, it will be a modern miracle. My problem is verbs — I don’t use them because that would involve conjugation, a requirement that strikes me dumb. A man who cannot express action, I somehow manage to be understood at times, like when I said "Un pane piccolo con sale" [...]
Apartment entranceOriginally uploaded by MrWoodleigh.
This is the entrance to our apartment in Lucca. We’re up one flight.
It’s a bit odd because it hasn’t much of a sitting room. The best room is the big bedroom which is, well, big. Airy, too. I’m propped up on the bed now. Two fans are whirring and a breeze is blowing through the balcony door. It’s siesta time and Mrs. Woodleigh, having set up the [...]
Lucca is quite interesting and unlike other Tuscan or Umbrian towns we’ve stayed in in two obvious ways: it is completely surrounded by broad walls (much more on these below) and it’s quite flat. Flat can be boring, but flat is good for me this year, as I recover from knee surgery, and [...]
Sinalunga
Originally uploaded by MrWoodleigh.
We’re headed for Italy on Friday, this time to Lucca, which is very near Pisa in Tuscany. Here’s a photo from one of our stops during last year’s trip to Italy.
