Tuesday, March 17, 2009

San Gimignano

Secret stairway
Some of the remaining towers

Saturday we went to a small town an hour from Florence called San Gimignano.  Back in the day it had 72 towers but only a few are left.  Its on top of a hill so it has a really beautiful view.  We walked around the city on the outer wall where we met Emilio, an old Italian guy who told us about the history of the city.  He was cool and it was fun to talk to someone in Italian and be able to keep up with the conversation.  It wasn't very eventful, we just walked around and ate some delicious gelato.  

No comments: