Well, we're back home. The villa in Monterosso al Mare didn't have internet so that is why I haven't written more. But we've seen and done a lot. Now to finish out the trip in photos.
I've decided to do something different here and get away from the day by day and go more for the story side of things, so bear with me.
On our trip into Siena, we decided to check out the Duomo and museum in addition to the market day - which I've already written about. The Duomo was amazing, literally every surface was a work of art: the floor, the interior walls, the exterior facade, the ceilings. Everything. The actual Duomo museum housed a fair bit of the original exterior and interior bits that were starting to show their age.
Below is a photo of everybody after enjoying a well deserved break on the steps outside the Duomo.
The museum had an excellent place to have panoramic views of the city. I've already posted one of those shots, this one below is a black and white version of another one I'd taken. There is a tiny piazza in the open space (lower left third) that had what looked like some nice restaurants and souvenir places.
We took one day to drive to San Gimingnano, the "Medieval Manhattan". Supposedly there were almost 70 of these towers back in the day, only about 14 still stand today. San Gimignano is home to the best white Chianti - Vernaccia di San Gimingnano. We definitely tried some and enjoyed it.
And here is a fun little shot of Leah. We were waiting for the ladies to get done shopping. I've spruced it up in photoshop a bit, nothing major though.
I hope all is well out there!
Ciao,
Marc
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