I absolutely fell in love with the Duomo at San Gimignano...it was pretty small compared to the one in Florence, but every wall and ceiling and space was painted with fresco...it was so colorful! I spent a lot of time in there just marveling. I couldn't really decide what to draw...
But we saw a great underpainting for a fresco at the Museo...
We went and hung out at La Rocca, one of the free look-out points. There was a beautiful view, and we watched a storm roll over the Tuscan hills, thunder and all!
Our trip wouldn't be complete without another gelato stop (especially one that claims to be world famous!!)
I got raspberry-rosemary and Champelo--some kind of champagney-orange flavor...it was amazing....
After San Gimignano, we had a lovely Tuscan dinner at Machiavelli's house. We ate crostini (with liver, sausage, tomatoes, olive tapenade..), ribollita soup (mmm!!!), arrost misto, and biscotti with vin santo! (and lots of Chianti to go with dinner of course) In other words, it was a very nice first trip.
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Ciao, Bella-
The views are stunning, your description of the frescoes makes me want to cry (in a good way),and I have severe gelato-envy!!!!!
You have inspired me to start a blog http://michelle-glassmountain.blogspot.com/
I'm jsut getting started, but hope to make it juicier in the future. You are so inspiring! Keep up the beautiful life.
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