After two days in Rome, we departed by train for Lucca which is a small walled town in Tuscany. That would be our home base for 8 days. The more we travel, the more we realize that we want to see lots of places, but packing, checking out and unpacking holds no joy. So we tend to stay in one place and roam. Our home was called Santa Croce apartments and the place was delightful. The train ride, however, was like something out of a Steinbeck novel. Luckily we had booked 2nd class tickets which meant there was luggage storage, a snack served and decently sized seats. Hub kept asking for a newspaper in English – the car steward looked at him as if…

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