Tag Archives: Lucca

Happy Easter!

    The pistes are becoming sparse & slushy, the Seasonaires are packing their bags and the shop windows are full of bikes & bikinis. Sadly, it’s the end of another season. Easter is usually the last hoorah before the lifts stand redundant and a colourful explosion of alpine flowers blanket the slopes instead of the wintry, monochromatic snow.  Posted in 1962, ‘Buona Pasqua’ wishes Happy Easter to a signora in Lucca with a pretty alpine Spring scene. Pink blossom dresses the trees and the warm sunshine casts deep shadows as mother & child [...]

Tuscan Market Treasure

Lucca was one of the last places I expected to find some vintage ski treasure. But every 3rd Sunday of the month there is, I have since been informed, the best antiques market in Tuscany here. After spending a hour or so happily strolling along the top of it’s wide town walls, it was a delicious surprise to discover the canopied tables winding through its pretty streets and filling its beautiful piazzas. Especially on such a bright, sunny October morning. [...]