So far on this trip I’ve driven in Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland. So now it was time to venture out onto Italy’s road. Also, with a new navigator. Lawd help us.
First stop was at Borgo a Mozzano, not far out of Lucca, to see the Ponte della Maddalena, more commonly known as the Devils Bridge. Apparently the guy who built it ran into a spot of bother and couldn’t finish it so he made a deal with the devil. In return for finishing the bridge, the devil was offered the soul of the first living being who crossed the bridge. When it was finished the guy supposedly cheated the devil out of a persons soul by luring a dog over the bridge with a piece of bread. Somehow, I don’t think the devil would’ve fallen for it, and hopefully the dog was smarter than that too. But who knows. The bridge was pretty interesting.

Then we nearly killed a few people driving into Pisa to see the Leaning Tower before quickly getting out of there and heading South to Pienza. You can go in the tower to the top but we didn’t. It’s a pretty nice building even without the lean the gets all the attention. If I were in the area again I’d spend some time checking out the aqueducts between Lucca and Pisa.