This was the day we drove to San Gimignano and parked in this area
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When we entered the town, we first saw this tower
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and then the Duomo
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We stayed behind the Duomo
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to watch an impromptu flute concert
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before bells started to ring
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because of the time
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and we tried to catch clappers
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without success.
Next we went to check out the grand tower frescos
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and took some family pictures at the wishing well
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Next we went to the shopping street to look at glass
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and pigs
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Everyone
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was hungry for lunch which
involved fantastic
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risotto a chianti
and proscuito e melone
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They left their calling card
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with the check including a poem
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about people who missed the restaurant when it was closed.
Before leaving town, Sarah mailed our postcards
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Next we went to pick up our laundry from this guy
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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
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on the way to the shoe store in Greve
where Benjamin tried on
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and bought these shoes
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and Jane didn't buy these
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We ended the day at dinner
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where the highlights were bruschetta
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and 2 kinds of pasta
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