A delightful day. It began with a night in air conditioning…woohoo. Then the washing machine was delivered first thing. Yay!
Breakfast on the porch.
A few errands, and then off on the bike. The heat doesn’t bother me so much on the bike because I create my own wind as I ride and lots of sections of road are lined with thick trees so they are shady.My plan was to ride over to Collodi, Pinocchio’s birthplace. It’s on the other side of Lucca.
But it was too hot so I stopped for food, water, and ice cream and then headed home.
On the way home, I saw these purple shutters. OMG, what were the Italian Aesthetic Police thinking when they allowed these through?
I ended up on a wrong turn, a wonderful tree-lined avenue, and found myself at the walls of Lucca!
It was so hot I drank all my water but I knew there was a good fountain in Valpromaro just before the last uphill. Installed in 1902. I was happy to use it!