Last week MTV's TRL Award Show came to Santa Croce for a night, attracting quite a big crowd! We took a peek to see what was going on. Considering the stage was extremely low and the giant video screens were the same height as the stage, we couldn't see much. It was pretty neat though to hear some Italian artists we had been listening to on the radio the past few months.
Saturday we took a quick half-day trip to Lucca, about an hour and a half to the west by train. One of the nicest things about Lucca is its fully intact wall, which is very rare. People use this long green space for biking, walking, jogging, and all around socializing, which I think makes for a much more laid-back and peaceful city.
Picnic on the wall
Tower houses
Roman amphitheater-turned piazza
San Martino (the Duomo)
Lucca had some cute streets and a nice wall to explore, and was certainly less hectic than Florence, but we could already feel the crush of our fellow tourists. I wish we could have gone several weeks earlier to have avoided the crowds, but I'm glad we got to see it!
Saturday we took a quick half-day trip to Lucca, about an hour and a half to the west by train. One of the nicest things about Lucca is its fully intact wall, which is very rare. People use this long green space for biking, walking, jogging, and all around socializing, which I think makes for a much more laid-back and peaceful city.
Picnic on the wall
Old jewelry shop
Tower houses
Roman amphitheater-turned piazza
San Michele
San Martino (the Duomo)
View through the walls
Lucca had some cute streets and a nice wall to explore, and was certainly less hectic than Florence, but we could already feel the crush of our fellow tourists. I wish we could have gone several weeks earlier to have avoided the crowds, but I'm glad we got to see it!
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