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Village Life – Casabasciana
The village I am living in (and where Heather lives) is called Casabasciana. It is a village on top of a mountain, located in the Province of Bagni di Lucca. Today was a work day for me and while Heather was out giving a honeymoon couple a private tour, I was busy doing some marketing work…
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Opera Concert in Lucca
Dinner quickly approached and we made our way to a restaurant where we were met by one of Heathers colleagues Debra, who writes the bagni di lucca and beyond blog, and her husband Jim. After dinner we walked to ‘I Concert degli Angeli Custodi’ (Concert of the Guardian Angels) which featured opera singers Giancarlo Monsalve…
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Sagra di Baccala
What is a Sagra? A sagra is a local (village) festival in Italy, usually involving food, and maybe some music, or sport or competition. This Sagra was in Borgo a Mozzano, Lucca and is celebrating Baccala, also known as salted cod fish. We purchased our food tickets then went to the food line where we redeemed our…