While staying in Levanto (near Cinque Terre), I did a day trip to Lucca, Tuscany. What a cute city! First I rented a bike, and rode it around the ramparts enclosing the old part of town. It was so beautiful biking through rows of trees lining the ramparts, while looking down into the historical streets of Levanto. The breeze from biking was a very welcome addition to a hot day.

After my one-hour bicycle rental was up, I wandered around town enjoying the quirky, curvy streets. I wish I had my wide angle lens with me to take a good shoot of the city center which was a big circle with all of the buildings bending to create the shape. Lucca was a lovely sidestep on my trip.

Check out more of my Italy adventures here. : )

Here’s a shaky little video of my biking the ramparts in Lucca. I definitely don’t have a future career in bicycle filming.