Buona Pasqua

Remembering last trip we took to Viareggio, I woke up at 9:40 before our 10:10am train... So of course, nothing can go smoothly when Tara and I travel together.
Scheduled to take the 12:00 train from Florence to Viareggio on Saturday afternoon before Easter, we thought it would be okay to go out Friday night.

Waking up around 9:30, I can't get ahold of Tara... Neither of us have packed, we still need to buy train tickets, the station is a good 15 minute walk away, I don't want to be rushing and I am having dejavu of last trip we took.
I shower, start packing, and Tara finally calls me back. She locked herself out of her apartment. Classic.
I tell her to come over to shower and that some of her clothes are at my place, she can just borrow mine and my roommates for the rest of the weekend.
Long story short... This time Tara was the one who looks like a crazy lady. Hasn't brushed her teeth, has no jacket and we both look like we haven't slept in days. Our family probably thinks we both have major issues.

To top off the craziness of the morning, as were on the train about an hour away, I get a text from Silvia; "Hi girls, have you both gotten the chicken pox vaccine? Gabriele has them I want to make sure you will be okay."
I read it out loud and me and Tara look at each other and start dying laughing for about 10 minutes straight. This isn't happening.

We arrive and Silvia is at the station to get us. Meeting up with Maria Pia, she gets us lunch, and brings us to her apartment in Viareggio.
Aside from being afraid to we will catch the chicken pox, me and and Tara have the place to ourselves for the weekend, and they bring us to the store they own and let us pick out some clothes to keep for ourselves. Amazing.


After getting situated, Silvia took me and Tara to Pietrosanta. A small town about a half hour away. We hung out and got coffee and just walked around.

On Easter, we went over to Ricardo and Franca's place for the day. It was awesome spending the holiday with them. It reminded me of being home and might have been one of the best meals I've had here in Italy.

We hung out with everyone all day, then me and Tara
walked around on La Passigiatta before going back to the apartment and going to bed.

Celebrating Easter Monday for the first time, we spent most of it in Pisa and Lucca with Ricardo and Silvia. So much fun just walking around getting coffee and seeing the main sites in both towns.
We were surrounded by thousands of people in Pisa, so we took a few pictures and left to head to Lucca.
Lucca was so cute. Small town, surrounded by a wall, filled with little markets and veryyyy tiny streets. We got coffee, some gelato and walked around until our train at 5pm.

We didn't acquire the chicken pox, lucked out with beautiful weather, saw three small, famous towns, and spent Easter weekend with our family in Italy. Does not get much better than that.