Since Dan's parents are in town, we decided to do a whirlwind weekend trip with stops in three of Italy's most beautiful regions - Umbria, Tuscany, and Liguria.
After making a quick pit stop in Orvieto for lunch and gas, we headed up to our hotel inside the medieval city walls of Lucca, a town in northern Tuscany, about an hour west of Florence. The city has incredible facades and quaint squares, but the most notable part of the town is its well-preserved ancient wall surrounding the entire historic center. No longer needed to keep enemy armies at bay, today locals and tourists use the tree-lined top of the wall to ride bicycles and jog.
On Saturday morning we headed out to Pisa. Although everyone tends to discount Pisa as overly touristy and offering little other than the Leaning Tower, we had a nice time letting the kids run around the lawn in front of the large cathedral while we ate pizza and paninis.
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