Off to school on Friday. It was a bit of a sad day on Friday, it is always the day when people exit and my lovely class almost completely disbanded. Only me, Alicia and her dog left!! New people will probably join on Monday but there is also no guarantee that Ele will be my teacher which would be a trauma. Anyway, no use worrying about that til Monday, in the meantime there is much to do.
Met up with Susana and Carolina for lunch. They went off to do washing etc and I went for a little ride before getting some shopping done. I booked at a restaurant we hadn’t tried before and we met up in Piazza San Michele, met a teacher from school who had some visitors with her from Warrigal so had a lovely chat to them. Then we went to this restaurant for dinner and it was really lovely, probably one of the best yet so a great place to go with any visitors!!
This morning the 3 of us were going to go to Pistoia and Prato but Carolina decided her feet were hurting and she opted out. Then we had to sort out Susana’s plans for heading off to Rome. Would she take her luggage and leave it at the hostel in Rome when she goes down to Napoli or would she leave it with me and come back to Lucca next weekend.
Made more sense by a long shot for her to manage her luggage in Rome and not have to come back up to Lucca (and easier for me because Chris is coming up one weekend or another). So we found her a hostel, ensured they would hold her luggage and finally set off around midday with a plan to just go to Pistoia. Well thank goodness we did…what a surprise Pistoia was! A lovely town with lots of beautiful things to see and do. We needed every minute we had and we just loved it!!
It has been a beautiful sunny day and in a most beautiful town, what more could you ask for.
When we got back Susana went and met up with Carolina to finish her washing and eat in the ‘home stay’ place Carolina has been staying at. I opted to come home and am now about to go out and meet them for a drink to say goodbye to Carolina.