With the weather turning we made a meteoroligical decision to leave Cinque Terre and check out some other Italian towns. Our every trusty Lonely Planet - Italy book advised us that Lucca is a cool city that shouldn't be missed when visiting Tuscany (the Italian state we were in). To get to Lucca you have to transfer trains in Pisa, home of the Leaning Tower of course. When we got to Pisa we decided to take a detour and see the Leaning Tower. Let's just say the Leaning Tower isn't worth going to Pisa for.
After spending way too much time on Italian train platforms (inexperience, language, and train delays) we arrived in Lucca. Lonely Planet was right, yet again. Lucca is a neat town that was a cool visit. It has a 4k long wall surrounding the old town and inside is an area with some cool shops, restaurants, and, of course, old churches. We wanted to go to some Tuscan wineries, but we discovered that Italians don't really do wineries the way Americans do, wine tasting and all. So we decided to stop by a cool little wine bar on top of the wall.
One thing you didn't see included in that list, nightlife. When the sun sets and the shops and restaurants start to close the entire town shuts down. We had another night of going to bed at 9pm, lame.
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