Sienna and San Gimignano

Friday February 25, 2011

It was definitely hard to wake up at 7am Friday morning after thursday night Kareoke at Lions Fountain in which we stayed up all night singing loudly and proudly to some of the classic songs from the past.  Katie woke me up, and I jumped out of bed, as I do every morning, confused and not knowing what time it was due to our solid wood shutters.  She had already made us breakfast potatoes and eggs which were waiting for me on the kitchen table already salted and doused with ketchup, just the way I prepare them every morning.  After enjoying our breakfast, we scrambled to get ready to meet the AIFS group at the train station by 8:15.  As usual, we were running late and didn't leave until 8:05.  We walked so fast, almost in sprint to the train station and of course, no one really knew where we were going.  The whole way up I kept saying we need to go this way and no one would listen.  Eventually we made our way (to exactly where I said we needed to go) and got there just in the nick of time!  We hopped on a bus which took us to Sienna.  Sienna is a beautiful medieval city with tall buildings and narrow, tunnel like streets.  We took a short tour around the town and then were released to wander.  I have never eaten so much in such a small period of time.  For lunch we each had a slice of pizza that was 1/4 of the entire pizza, numerous doughnut holes, and chocolate.  Then, trying to kill time since we had pretty much seen everything during the tour, we did a little shopping.  

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We met the group back at the Piazza a few hours later and proceeded to San Gimignano.  San Gimignano is a very small town in the outskirts of Tuscany.  With beautiful views and not very much to do.  We tried to get some gelato from the "best gelato place in the world" but unfortunately it was close so we settled for the place right next door which was also very delicious.

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We did a little shopping in San Gimignano also and I bought a purse from one of the little leather shops! It's so cute, I love it!  It was very interesting to see a town like San Gimignano, I hadn't seen grass since I've come to Florence and the views of the rolling hills were spectacular!