San Gimignano

Nicole, Bernie, Ron, and I did an uneventful trip to San Gimignano this morning. Another medieval town is known for its many towers. We found parking fairly easily. Walking up to the town center, the roads are steep and full of shopping stores for tourists. We had coffee and a light breakfast of croissants. We watched while people lined up down half the center for the world-champion gelato from so many years ago, thinking they still were. We decided to go to the world's best ice cream store, which had a shorter line and did not disappoint. OMG, it was so good and creamy. We paid to go into the town museum. It has renesaunts artwork from the year 1200-1400. We did climb the tallest tower, the one with 168 stairs. The stairs are the ones that give me knock-knock-knees. See-through, which made me look forward and hold the side of the walls as if they would save me. All I could think of was what if an earthquake hit right now, where would I go? The view again is rewarding on top of the bell tower. We arrived home hungry and thirsty only to find Miriam, Linda, and Jane in the throws of afternoon drinking and pool time. It did not take long to get caught up. The best part was that Jane was finally relaxed and showed her hilarious " feeling good" side. She insisted that today was truth day and boy was I told! Linda told me that Miriam was more compassionate than I was. Imagine that! I did not take it personally because I knew my sista had a compassionate side. We cleaned up and went for dinner at a place not too far from the house. The place was gorgeous and the night was perfect for an outdoor dinner. Again, beef Florentine was on the menu, and we all pigged out on the delicious food. Jane continued to be in rare form for our enjoyment asking if her dessert was a " normal size" (another one of Jane saying, like what's normal size) causing Nicole to laugh, going to the brink of peeing her pants. Then she broke her wine glass with me offering her the glue to fix it, in which she struggled. She did go to apologize and did not have to do this evening's dishes. We, girls, tied one on today and had the best laughs ever, leaving a row of wine bottles in our path. Goodnight everyone!!Lue lisää