First Days in Italy 2018

Our trip to Italy 2018 started out the morning of Labor Day.  We did labor to get to our destination having one fight canceled and another delayed such that we missed a flight.  Weather was a major problem and the longest flight reminded me of flying to fire assignments in a small 4 seater airplane in a wind storm.  There were lots of white knuckled passengers.  

We arrived in Shari’s favorite Italian town, Lucca, a little worn but so happy.  The last leg of the trip was a 40 minute car ride after midnight with the owner of our new home.  

Later that  same day, our good friends Debbie Flory and Jan Studer arrived after they too had a delayed flight.  The four of us will attempt to speak Italian, eat Italian, and live Italian for the next three weeks.  

I might even have to claim three wives, temporarily of course, for better and for worse.

REMEMBER, if you want to see the pictures in a LARGER version, double click on the picture.

Lucca is Shari's favorite Italian town, so the the trip starts in Lucca.  Even the simple things

seem bella (beautiful).

Simple things seem special as well.

Like the bakery and the wine store.

And riding a bike along the Lucca walls.

365 days a year, there is the music of hometown 'boy' Puccini.  The latest performance was Madame Butterfly which we watched outdoors last night.  Notice the special balcony seats behind the singers.

There are so many views and things for a camera to take in . . . 

I think all the ladies are finding Lucca to their liking!