Last weekend we took our final trip with Accent. We were reunited at the train station with our incredible guide Freya and took a quick train to Lucca. Lucca, like Siena, was one of those cities I knew nothing about and really didn't expect much from. We were greeted by beautiful ancient walls wide enough to bike on (with plenty of locals doing exactly that). Inside the city walls, we visited the Cathedral (each column on the facade was different), climbed the Torre Guinigi (which had a cool tree garden on top), and stopped in the central amphitheater for a nice lunch in the sun.
After lunch, Emily, Audrey, Nicole, Kaylen, and I parted from our guide and hopped on the next train to Pisa, only a 20 minute ride from Lucca. Pisa is kind of almost exactly like a smaller, cleaner, more pedestrian friendly version of Florence. When we crossed the town's river we fully expected to see our familiar Ponte Vecchio on the left. Anyway, we headed straight to the famous Leaning Tower to take our touristy pictures before the sun set. We had a blast taking cheesy pictures and looking ridiculous to anyone not in the picture, then headed back home to Florence.
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| Sitting on the walls of Lucca |
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| Amphitheater where we stopped for lunch |
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| It's kind of wrong to not take cheesy pictures when you go to Pisa... |
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