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Today we chose the ship's tour "Lucca on your own" and it was great! We assembled in the lounge at 7:45 and quickly boarded our bus to Lucca which was a short 45 minute ride away. We have never been to Lucca before and after the hustle and bustle of Florence yesterday Lucca was a welcome respite. We had about 2.5 hours to walk around and that was just right. Giacomo Puccini's birthplace. Our guide told us that the statue of the Archangel Michael at the top of this church has a "diamond" on it's hand that catches the light and shines when the sun hits it just right. A flower stand always makes a great picture.
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Tonight's performance was an abbreviated version of "La Traviata" which means "The Fallen Woman." Given the title I knew that this wasn't going to have a happy ending. My parents ADORED opera and it seemed like most operas were either comedic farces, very long and Germanic, or tragic ones where somebody died at the end either of consumption or jumping off a tower. This was a dying of consumption one. Thank you for listening to my TED Talk on opera.😁😉 To any opera buffs out there I'm apologizing in advance for my neanderthal summary of opera types!🫣
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As we arrived back at the ship around 5:30 we made a fast turn around and got ready for the Azamazing Evening. Kudos to the way Azamara is able to comfortably feed and mobilize 600 guests all at the same time and make it look so effortless. That's truly azamazing too! We had been to the Goldoni Theatre on a past Azamara cruise and it's as charming as ever.
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At 3:40 we were all present and accounted for and met at the jewelry store in Piazza Santa Croce for our ride back to the ship. Being Jewish I noticed the Basilica has a Jewish star on the top.. very unusual. I googled more about it. "The Jewish architect Niccolo Matas from Ancona, designed the church's façade, working a prominent Star of David into the composition. Matas had wanted to be buried with his peers there but because he was Jewish, he was buried under the threshold and honored with an inscription."
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👋Good morning RedBlu! Aww.. thanks so much for your kind words.😍 Yes.. even though the website redo has been extremely frustrating for just about everyone.. once you get on board it all disappears.. only smiles.. no worries. So glad that my report is getting you excited for your cruise in June! Coming up so soon!!👏
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👋Good morning TERRIER1! Thank you so very much for following along and for your sweet compliments.😊 Yes.. we have always flown in the day that the cruise begins and fly home on the day the cruise ends. In all these years (knock wood!) we have never had an issue with cancellations or delays or lost luggage so I feel very lucky about that. Most of the flights we take are nonstop from JFK which does cut down on unexpected things happening so that is a comfort. As a fellow New Yorker we are so lucky about the availability of flights to Europe. Sam still works so there isn't too much wiggle time around adding extra days to either end of a cruise. I wish there was but not at this moment.. someday though.😊
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Sam had just listened to a book about Leonardo Da Vinci so we decided to visit one of the two Leonardo Da Vinci museums.. both located a few blocks from the Duomo. We chose the "interactive" one for no other reason that we came across it first. Well worth the 8 euro per person entrance fee. There was a lot to see! And nice bathrooms!