{"id":1010,"date":"2018-06-20T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2018-06-20T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:12:12","slug":"tuesday-june-19-2018-exploring-lucca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, June 19, 2018 ~ Exploring Lucca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning our guide, Lodovico, gave us an orientation of the main trip. \u00c2\u00a0All but one couple had arrived. \u00c2\u00a0There was a strike yesterday at airports in Tuscany, so many flights were canceled. \u00c2\u00a0The last couple arrived this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting this morning we took a guided tour with our city guide. \u00c2\u00a0We walked on the city wall which surrounds the city. \u00c2\u00a0People ride bikes and walk on the wide paved path. \u00c2\u00a0Our hotel lends bikes free to guests.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1035.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1005\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1035.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1035-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1046.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1004\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1046.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1046-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stopped at the city square which was built around the ruins of a Roman amphitheater.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1041.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1006\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1041.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1041-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the best artwork is in Italian churches. \u00c2\u00a0This is a sculpture that was commissioned by the husband whose wife died in childbirth. \u00c2\u00a0Men often died in their forties during wars, and women often died in their twenties of childbirth.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1054.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1007\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1054.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1054-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St. Michele in Foro<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1030.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1008 size-full\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1030.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1030-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1009\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1060.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1009 size-full\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1060.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1060-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceiling in the church<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Puccini Museum<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1087.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1015\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1087.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1087-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Puccini <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1105.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1016\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1105.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1105-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>This costume from Turendot \u00c2\u00a0was my favorite display in the museum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1107.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1017\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1107.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1107-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1108.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1018 size-full\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1108.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1108-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For our welcoming dinner this evening we also had appetizers, soup, dessert, white and red wine, plus Prosecco. \u00c2\u00a0Yum<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1118.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1011\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1118.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1118-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1121.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1012\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1121.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1121-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1124.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1014\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1124.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/img_1124-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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