Barga at Night

After dinner we wandered around some more and took some night shots on the way home to Lucca.

I drove us home in the dark, many sharp switch back turns on a narrow road downhill in our Alfa Romeo 6 speed manual car. And I didn't hit hit anything... just saying :-)

On the way home we stopped at the Devil's Bridge, much photographed and very striking. We were the only ones there and well worth the stop right off the main road.

  

 Night life..

The charming village of Barga, Italy

We spent the afternoon on Thursday last week in Barga, a small sleepy village, maybe a hamlet? near Lucca. Vic is doing the bulk of the driving and Christy is our navigator, together they are finding some great places! I think this is north of Lucca, but as I'm in the back seat with Rita, I couldn't say for sure. All the drives have been through beautiful countryside and I expect it will just keep getting better as we go south. Lots of small mountains here by the coast and usually we can see the tall range inland with the tops covered with snow. Spectacular everywhere you look!

 Spring time in Italy! We've had some nice warm days and some coolish ones, rain, too. The season seems to be ahead of Massachusettes by 2 to 3 weeks.

 Barga from a vantage point in Barga. Much steeper streets than Lucca, which is flat.

 Church on top of the hill.

 Inside.

 Our find of the day, Vic and Christy getting their shot...

 First car I have seen with mold all over it!

 Cute, isn't it?

 Choosing a color...

 Our choice for dinner this evening...

 inside and through the building to this little terrance overlooking the countryside!