First Day Trip (Part One): Lucca!

Buon Giorno Blog Buddies!

Lucca was the first stop of the Day Trip, and we had to be prepped and ready to go by 8:30 am. The jet lag had started to dissipate a little, but it wasn't that bad. If you know me, I hate getting up before 11:00am, and usually these early mornings are difficult and I'm never on time.
But I arrived with enough time to try a sugar donut with chocolate in the middle... BEST THING EVER. ahhh. But I haven't had it since, and its been a week. Go me!

The bus we took was built by Mercedes, so it was one of the nicer models, but sitting up front is NEVER good. Italian driving is probably the most intense thing I've been through, but judging by some of the other foreign countries from the Amazing Race, I kinda knew what to expect. I'm going to try and get a video of what it is like driving in Italy... haha. Here is Victoria and I on the way there:

Any ways, Lucca has a small town feel to it, with Italian culture thriving. Fashion is stressed and articulated in Italy, everything has to be in perfect order. In Lucca this was very apparent, as Prada, Gucci, Armani, etc were all dominant. Every child, and I mean, every child, is dressed concisely, and without deviation to designer clothing. A little vain, perhaps, but I love it. Self-image is so important here. I think I will do an entire blog about Italian fashion, because some stuff, is soooo weird.

After we arrived, we decided to warm up with a cup of hot chocolate, before renting bikes to take around a high-path that overlooked and circled around the city. This was probably the best 3 euros I've ever spent thus far, because it was so much fun!!!

Here are some pictures!
(Once again, these are the cell phone pictures... until I can get the chord to upload, I am limited!)

Nice little example of Globization






I was one lucky guy, riding with these three! From the left: Lauren, Victoria, Brea
And here I am (I lost control of the bike on the third count... haha... typicalalex)



As you can see, an Italian family... well groomed, and the child equally so, if not better than the parents. lol


All right, for my next blog can you guess where I'm heading off to?
(I'll give you a hint... its not the golden arches....)