San gimingano

Wow, so I thought Assisi and Siena were unbelievably beautiful? San Gimingnano just blew them both out of the water. I felt like rapunzel, or some princess in a picturesque fairy tale the whole time! There were towers and flowers everywhere! Also, this is the home of the worlds best gelato, and yes I believe the signs. They had some really unique favors like Gorgonzola cheese and rosemary raspberry and blackberry lavender and saffron cream and yes they were all delicious. I think I took more pictures in those few hours I spent in that town than I have in any other city regardless of the amount of time spent there (this includes Siena even though I've been here for 6 weeks). It was also just so great to be with the kids in our group on a little adventure again, I know we just had the weekend together but this was different and it was so much fun! The town is very small and compact but clean and well kept. Each street had many specialty shops the best of which was a chocolate shop. They had chocolate spoons and cups and pasta and shoes and bolts and horse shoes and chocolate in all favors and intensities from white chocolate to 99percent chocolate, yup it was magical, sadly since I have many weeks after Italy I didn't think buying any of it to bring home would be a very intelligent idea. Because Tuscany has so many hills, and San Gimingnano is built on one of them the city offers many incredible vistas overlooking the surrounding valleys and they are all simply breathtaking, a picture just doesn't even come close to doing them justice so I will just try to hold onto them in my memory.