Day 3 Parma - Pisa - Viareggio

The day began with breakfast at the hotel.  As usual the Kuthe's and Bill enjoyed breakfast as they waited for Debbie to come down.  Wondering where Debbie was, Bill decided to call the room.  He asked the waiter for the house phone and was promptly handed a fork (his Italian is a little rusty).




After breakfast we strolled through the Giardino Ducale towards the Parma Cathedral.




The cathedral was decorated with 15th century frescoes by Correggio.  The ceiling fresco by Correggio is considered a Renaissance masterpiece.  We also toured the Baptistery and San Giovanni Evangelista.

 After a harrowing trek over the fog shrouded Maritime Alps, we finally reached Pisa.

 Pisa is definitely a tourist destination.  The piazza was filled with hundreds of self-absorbed tourists with selfie sticks intent on getting a picture of themselves holding up the tower.  Unfortunately, they seemed to miss the artistic significance of the sculpture and frescoes of Correggio which are world renowned.

Yes, Bill had to do the pose

From Pisa we traveled to Viareggio where we had booked our stay at the Best Western Grand Hotel Royal, a 5 star resort hotel.  They upgraded our rooms to a sea view with a balcony.   Very nice.

 We ended the evening with a birthday celebration for Tom at Restaurante da Luka.  We had an excellent Italian Tuscany style dinner.  Tom was in seventh heaven when the waiter brought out a dish that his Grandmother used to prepare for him as a child.  Who could have planned this?