{"id":587,"date":"2018-04-19T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/?p=587"},"modified":"2018-04-19T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:05:54","slug":"lucca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"Lucca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After hitting the books hard the last few days on our sunny balcony<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2660.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-581\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2660.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2660-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2660-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2660-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we enjoyed a field trip to Lucca, a charming Tuscan town completely encircled by an impressively thick wall that is completely intact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2696.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-576\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2696.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2696-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2696-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2696-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9808.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-575 size-full\" height=\"2448\" width=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9808.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9808-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9808-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9808-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, the city hasn&#8217;t been involved in a war since 1430 and really doesn&#8217;t have any claim to fame other than it is one of the few cities that avoided all bombing and is completely undamaged. Val and I enjoyed a quick Rick Steve&#8217;s tour of the town while the kids endured yet more churches, sculptures and bell towers. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9819.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-577 size-full\" height=\"3264\" width=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9819.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9819-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9819-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9819-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2673.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-579 size-full\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2673.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2673-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2673-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2673-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9815.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-578\" height=\"3264\" width=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9815.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9815-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9815-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9815-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then came the highlight! A 5 km bike ride along the top if the city wall!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2686.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-582 size-full\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2686.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2686-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2686-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2686-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2678.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-586\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2678.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2678-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2678-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2678-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9842.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-583\" height=\"3264\" width=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9842.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9842-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9842-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_9842-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maddie giggled uncontrollably whenever we permitted her to honk the horn and the rest of us laughed at the huge scene we were making:). Jackie and Owen did the lion&#8217;s share of the pedaling mainly because the rest of us couldn&#8217;t keep up with their pace. They were on a mission to make the full circuit of the wall before our 30 minutes were up. There may have been a backseat driver or two complaining about the aggressive and reckless driving of our bicycle built for six.<\/p>\n<p>After surviving the ride, the kids enjoyed a park with yet more teeter totters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2695.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-584\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2695.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2695-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2695-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2695-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2692.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-585\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2692.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2692-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2692-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2692-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The perfect ending to our day involved soup and a sunset on our balcony of our home just outside Lucca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2702.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-580 size-full\" height=\"4032\" width=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2702.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2702-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2702-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benincosa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2702-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hitting the books hard the last few days on our sunny balcony we enjoyed a field trip to Lucca, a charming Tuscan town completely encircled by an impressively thick wall that is completely intact. Amazingly, the city hasn&#8217;t been involved in a war since 1430 and really doesn&#8217;t have any claim to fame other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/seXKfS-lucca","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benincosa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}