Lucca

A Week in Lucca

  On a trip to Italy, I had the good fortune of staying in an apartment belonging to a New York City publisher, on the Piazza dell’Anfiteatro in the center of Lucca.  The name derives from its Roman origins, when it was an actual…

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Gallery: Bicycles, Lucca, Italy

  Lucca is a perfect place for bicycles.  It’s flat, not big, most of the streets are reserved for walking and riding and it has the added attraction of a raised circular park surrounding the town, atop its wall, wide and perfect for a…

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Gallery: Day Trip to Barga

One day, while I was staying in Lucca, Italy, I decided to go to Barga.  It was a short trip by train to the Barga station but how to get to the town, high above, became the mystery. 

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A Week in Lucca

  On a trip to Italy, I had the good fortune of staying in an apartment belonging to a New York City publisher, on the Piazza dell’Anfiteatro in the center of Lucca.  The name derives from its Roman origins, when it was an actual…

Read More

Gallery: Bicycles, Lucca, Italy

  Lucca is a perfect place for bicycles.  It’s flat, not big, most of the streets are reserved for walking and riding and it has the added attraction of a raised circular park surrounding the town, atop its wall, wide and perfect for a…

Read More

Gallery: Day Trip to Barga

One day, while I was staying in Lucca, Italy, I decided to go to Barga.  It was a short trip by train to the Barga station but how to get to the town, high above, became the mystery. 

Read More