A bit of a cultural day today, plus a train ride from Florence to Lucca in the middle.
No, that's not how we felt, it was the artwork of Clet Abraham who is based in Florence and who amongst other things, improves roadsigns.
Susan told us about him, and it took us a while to get our eye in to find them, but then there was loads all around the city.
Once we got to Lucca we found out that the composer Puccini was born there, and there is a superb statue of him just in front of his own museum.
Then we paid to go in to see a special collection of art by Giovanni Boldini.
We had never heard of him before, but his paintings were beautiful.
He was born in Italy and painted portraits of many high society ladies. He then moved to Paris, became close friends with Degas and was a link between traditional portraiture and the new expressionistic style, according to the audio guide.
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