
#PITTalia Travel Log 4: Panthers on Wheels
8/12/2017 4:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Pitt Visits Tuscan City of Lucca en Route to Venice
LUCCA, Italy – The University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team spent the sixth day of its Italy excursion by stopping in the idyllic Tuscan city of Lucca for a bike tour.
TRAVEL LOG:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017
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TRAVEL LOG:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017
- 8-8:55 a.m.: Breakfast at hotel in Florence.
- 9:12 a.m.: Depart Florence hotel, en route to Lucca.
- 10:20 a.m.: Arrive at Lucca gates.
- 10:28 a.m.: Arrive at bicycle rental shop; distribute bicycles (…using all the tall bikes they have).
- 10:34 a.m.: Get acclimated on bicycles by around the square; use the phrase "it's just like riding a bike."
- 10:44-11:52 a.m.: Three-mile bicycle tour around Lucca wall, with stops downtown at San Michele in Foro and Puccini's Birth Home.
Had a blast and a half riding bikes around Lucca today. Such a beautiful city! ?? #PITTalia ???? pic.twitter.com/iNvVOJbnu6
— Pitt Basketball (@Pitt_WBB) August 12, 2017
- 11:55 a.m.: Return all bicycles to rental shop with ZERO casualties (must be some kind of record).
- 12:01 p.m.: Begin walking tour around Lucca; end at Piazza del Anfiteatro.
- 12:19 p.m.: Lunch on your own.
- 2:39 p.m.: Depart on bus for Venice.
- 5:33 p.m.: Bathroom/snack break an hour outside of Venice.
- 6:42 p.m.: Arrive at hotel in Venice.
- 7-10 p.m.: On your own.
- 10:30 p.m.: Lights out.
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