San Gimignano

In know Alexandra gave you a quick recap of our vacation, but i have a few pictures to share, too.

Last Tuesday we drove to San Gimignano from Lucca. This is a popular tourist town near Florence and Sienna. So popular a tourist town that it seemed like the only Italians were running the cafés and selling tickets, but that doesn't take away from the beauty of the place.

Here is Jeremy in the cafe where we had a pick-me-up after our 2 hour drive:



And here he is on the steps to one of the towers of La Rocca (which apparently always refers to a walled fortification of the top of the hill in a town, often now a park inside):



Here is James on top of that bit of the wall, with some of the famous towers of San Gimignano in the background:



Bear in mind, when you look at those towers, that we were on top of a wall build at the top of the highest point in the city, a pretty steep hill. Those are tall towers!

That is the point at which we exclaimed, "There are people up in that tower! We have to go up there!"

So, seven tickets and a bunch of steps later, we did. And we're rewarded with incredible views of the city and countryside:





















Michael