Today we visited the home of Puccini, probably the
most famous son of this city. It is a
small town house around the corner and has a few items from some of his operas
and some of his personal belongings. It
is as interesting to see the house and how it is decorated and arranged, no
real hallway and having to move via rooms to reach others, as it is to see the
items on display. Afterwards we went up
another tower for great views of the city.
It is just short of being the tallest tower in the city but it does have
a small garden with a couple of trees on the top. Where towers are concerned tall is
prestigious. Legend has it that the
Guinigi family – rich and influential Lucchese traders – added the oak trees to
their tower in the late 1300s to ensure that it remained taller than the city
owned clock tower a few streets away. It was then time to say farewell to Jo' and Jack who were departing after their lightning 48 hour visit.
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