Well...staying in the country is lovely, and I honestly rather that than staying in a city..but on a Sunday in July...it's not easy to travel into the city without a car.
My Mom and I woke up, and the internet still wasn't working so we couldn't plan our day that way. We got ready and went up for another delicious breakfast, and shortly after coming back down, it was up and running again. It didn't help us at all though, so we decided to walk into the little town, and thought we'd just buy bus tickets there - as usual - and go into Pisa Centrale to get a train to Lucca. And we would have...if things were easy.
We walked down, and the tourist information office was closed. We walked up to where we get the tickets, and it was closed as well. We went into the cafe we've sat in a few times now, and we got an ice cream. Once we finished that, we went back to the information spot, and it was open. We spoke to a guy there who basically told us we could leave town today but it wouldn't be easy. It was early early afternoon, and the bus didn't come til 10 to 3, and the last one coming back was at 8:40. That didn't leave us enough time for Lucca. After much discussion, my Mom and I took the man's advice, and walked up the street for 10 very hot minutes to a museum. It was closed. We took a number if pictures, and sweltering...walked back. We stopped back in at the same cafe, got two GIANT bottles of water, and drank them as we dragged ourselves back up the hill.
When we got inside, we were so tired and hot that we collapsed on the beds. We've been here for probably a good hour. My Mom's taking a nap, and I'm taking the opportunity to post some pictures. In a few minutes, I'll work up the energy to go out to the garden with my Mom to take some more pictures. I was so close to a hummingbird earlier that it was insane...but was my camera ready? Of course not.
Out we went to the garden, where I instantly started getting bitten. Why do mosquitoes like me so much??? I lasted a little while, taking pictures, and eventually, I came back into the room cuz I was just too itchy. My Mom made some coffee for the two of us, and we went to sit on the patio to look at some pictures and watch some videos. After a little while, we decided we'd walk down the hill to dinner. We went into the same restaurant as the night before last, but this time...we ordered with our heads instead of our stomachs. We had one pizza between the two of us, and a salad. Of course, that came with bread...and well...it wouldn't be right to just leave that. Especially when it had oil and vinegar on the side. When we finished all that, we had a cappuccino each, and ordered some Gelati. - Yes we sound like absolute pigs. But to be fair, we don't eat lunch...and we're not eating much that we shouldn't be eating...as I sit here eating a cookie. ANYWAY...when the waiter took our dessert order, he rambled off the flavours of gelati. I chose white chocolate, and my Mom - thinking coffee - chose coco. This was not coffee! When he returned to the table, he handed me my delicious scoop of chocolatey heaven...and handed my Mom, half a coconut with...that's right, Coconut flavoured gelato! :| I have to hand it to her...I don't know how, but she sat there and ate the entire thing, with little complaint. For some reason, although I know I hate coconut, I had forgotten what it tasted like, so I said I'd try a little bit. Well, I took the TINIEST scoop onto my spoon...and instantly remembered every little thing I hate about it. EW! One of the worst things ever! I really don't know how she ate as much as she did, without throwing it back up. - There's a mental picture for you - Anyway...changing the subject. Our cappuccino's came, and just as we expected, they were delicious. We paid, and walked back up the hill.
When we arrived, we came straight into the room, and went online to check e-mails. We finally had a connection! I spoke to my Dad on Skype a little bit, but we kept getting disconnected. It was reconnecting for me within minutes each time, but when I went to get in the bath, the connection completely went, so my Mom wasn't able to do what she needed. Now, we sit here, unable to watch Big Brother AGAIN! Eating cookies, drinking green tea...and waiting, hoping it'll come back on. Tomorrow's going to be an early start though, so I'm not sure how long I'll wait. That being said...I'm closing this part down. Good Night xx
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