Family Sabbatical TravelItaly FriendsJan This was the day we drove to San Gimignano and parked in this area ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070001 When we entered the town, we first saw this tower ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070002 and then the Duomo ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070003 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070004 We stayed behind the Duomo ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070005 to watch an impromptu flute concert ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070006 before bells started to ring ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070007 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070008 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070009 because of the time ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070010 and we tried to catch clappers ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070014 without success.

Next we went to check out the grand tower frescos ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070015 and took some family pictures at the wishing well ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070016 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070017 Next we went to the shopping street to look at glass ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070019 and pigs ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070018

Everyone ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070020 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070021 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070022 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070023 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070024 was hungry for lunch which involved fantastic ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070025 risotto a chianti and proscuito e melone ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070026 They left their calling card ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070027 with the check including a poem ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070028 about people who missed the restaurant when it was closed. Before leaving town, Sarah mailed our postcards ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070029

Next we went to pick up our laundry from this guy ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070030 who had run it through the machines without sorting by colors and hadn't bothered to get it dry though he did pack it in bags without folding it. We tried another shadow picture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070031 on the way to the shoe store in Greve where Benjamin tried on ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070032 and bought these shoes ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070033 and Jane didn't buy these ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070034

We ended the day at dinner ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070036 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070037 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070038 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070039 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070040 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070041 where the highlights were bruschetta ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070042 and 2 kinds of pasta ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070043 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.07.00SanGimingano//P7070044