Here are the Walls that surround Lucca. I will tell you more about Lucca later

This was Piza. That is the baptistery in the four ground then the cathedral and there in the back laening over is the tower. Also in the back to the left is the cemetery. They were all so beautiful. The baptistery is famous for its acoustics. A lady sings every hour and we got to hear her sing. It was crazy the fullness and volume of the sound with just one lady not miked was incredible. The cathedral was like nothing i had ever seen before. The inside was huge and so intricate. The cemetery was neat too. It had a bunch of old sarcophagi and a few left over frescoes that were rally nice. Most were ruined when the allied forces bombed near by in WWII and the lead from the roof melted down the walls and ruined virtually all the frescoes. We would ruin history. The tower was really cool to see in person. We did not get to go up it but it was really interesting how much it was actually leaning.

Here is my bike i bought. It has a rack on the back a basket in the front and a front and tail light. You push this wheel thing against the tire and as you go it generates the light- really cool. The roads a pretty bumpy for the most part so shocks would be nice but it does alright. I had nut fall off but the guy at the Hardware store gave me one for free and fixed it for me so that was cool. Riding in the city is really intense but fun. For the most part the people are more of a pain then the cars cause they don't move. The cars keep there distance for the Most part. I got hit by a smart car the other day cause they didn't look both ways but i am fine and the bike has no damage to show, but other then that riding in the city is a lot of fun and much more convenient then walking everywhere

PICTURES

Sorry there as nit been any other pictures up yet. this site does not allow you to put up albums of pictures and the size of the picture files from my camera are to big so they take forever to upload them one by one. So i found a site that i can do that. the link for my site is.

http://nickgriffin.myphotoalbum.com

This will allow me to put up loads of pictures from my trips quick and easy. I will try to put up some pictures very soon. I know i keep saying that but I will get better soon once i get in a groove better. Everything is going well!

I know I have not updated this in a while but I will try to do it on Tuesday of next week. I have been busy with work at nights and gone on trips during the day and have not had time to put some pictures up. Everything is going well though. I bought a bike last week! It is really sweet. It is a one gear city bike with a rack on the back and it now has an after market Basket on the front. It is a bumpy ride but it beats time time to walk to studio and class. On Friday we went up o the Chianti region and visited a winery. It was a 900 hear old castle that was owned by the Pazzi family and then the famous Medici family. I have plenty of pictures so come of that. Today we went to Piza and Lucca. Piza was beautiful. We went in the baptistery, the cathedral and the cemetery. all were awesome. We oviously saw the tower but did not go up in it. It was 15 Euro. Lucca was a very interesting city. The town is fully enclosed by a old wall. We had lunch then took a bike ride all along the top of the wall. Pictures are to come. I will hopefully get them up mid next week

Caio