Friday we started the day with a ride around the wall which was good. But then it was home to cool off. For lunch we went out for a light lunch, then went and bought Norjie a fan for her room because she wasn’t going to survive the nights of 25C without one. Then home to cool off, then out for a bit of a walk around then home ….you know how it goes. Then out to dinner for a delicious meal of lovely fish. A few big drops of rain even fell but that lasted about 2 seconds.
Then the weekend. A weekend of mooching around in the heat and adapting lifestyles to hot summer days. What this really means in a nutshell is exercise down to virtually nil. Eating and drinking unchanged. And anyone (even me) knows thats not a good thing. Saturday we were going to ride along the river for a lunch by the river but Norjie’s iphone told her it was going to be the magic 100 F (they still work in Fahrenheit !!) and that was a bit scary when it comes to riding a bike in the midday sun. So we did a lot of toing and froing about whether it was a good idea or not and ultimately decided that wisdom was firmly on the side of being more sedentary. So I went off for a shorter ride around the wall X2 and Norjie took off to walk around and orient herself to the streets of Lucca. I did some shopping to stock up on food and wine for the weekend. Then came home and flopped in front of the air con for a while. We then had an afternoon of doing much the same, a bit of a walk, stopped for an aperitivo then tea at home with the supplies purchased.
Sunday….I urgently had to laundromat and did that first thing in the morning, combining my usual coffee between putting the washing on and transferring it to the dryer. While I did that Norjie went off to Palazzo Pfanner for an explore and the opportunity to enjoy the gorgeous garden. We met back home for a cool off and some lunch at home. Then out for a bit of a walk this afternoon which included going to the booking office to see if there were any tickets for the Summer Festival worth buying (negative) and buying a gelato and sitting on the wall to eat it. Then home to cool off and dinner at home again.
We have booked a car for Tuesday and Wednesday to do a bit of exploring around the place. Again I have to take a very deep, brave breath and just hope all goes well. I think this is life in Italy in the height of summer, a decrease in activity which I shall have to work on going hand in hand with a decrease in food and wine and gelato….oh yeh!!
A new week starts tomorrow. Only 4 weeks left in Lucca and I really must take the plunge to get myself back to school for a final 2 weeks!!