Italy Day 4- Torre Guinigi

Today was a rainy day in Lucca, so we spent the day exploring the city in the rain and climbed the Torre Guinigi, which is just steps from our apartment on Guinigi St.

The tower is 43 m tall with 233 steps to reach the top. It is unique because it has trees growing on the top deck of the tower. 

Oscar did really well climbing the stairs. He made it all the way up and back down by himself.

Penny didn't have to work so hard to get to the top of the tower.

We could see the whole walled city of Lucca from the top of the tower, as well as into the surrounding hills.

There are a surprising number of other towers also visible. 

We walked down some very narrow streets today, and saw one car (clearly a tourist), get quite stuck down a very narrow alley. I'm glad to not be driving a car here!

We passed through the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, which is an oval shaped piazza, having been a roman ampitheatre before being a piazza.

We stopped for a snack in an outdoor cafe with a huge umbrella to escape the rain.

The kids got warm milk with cocoa sprinkled on top and were thrilled. 

Jasper's shoes broke, so we did some shopping for some new shoes. Pat took this opportunity to buy himself a red Adidas tracksuit. 

Jasper and Oscar have been loving exploring all of the unique cars and trucks here, like this three wheeled dump truck. 

Ellis used her artistic skills to help make lunch look pretty today. 

Later in the day, we went to yet another park on the other side of town. 

The boys were occupied counting acorns and we stayed until after dark.

Tomorrow, we're trying a day trip to Cinque Terre.