September will be really busy this year in Lucca: it starts this week end with the Murabilia, a big flower expo on the walls (see the official site, in Italian, and some info in English here). We did could not visit it yesterday, as Gina had a wedding, but we'll sure go there this week-end, as it is always a beautiful sight.

Then every week-end in September, the nearby town of Capannori organizes a "Festival of the Villas" ( Festival delle Ville). Highlights include September 9-10 a classic week-end, followed September 15-17 by a hot air ballon competition, and September 22-24 a model airplane World Cup championship. Most of those events are located in some of the most beautiful villas in the area, so they will be well worth attending.

posted by michel, 2006-09-02