On Wednesday Sue and I decided to take a one and half hour drive down to the medieval hill town of San Gimignano, near Siena.
This town can trace it's roots back to the 3rd century BCE and the Etruscans. It is know today mainly for it's many remaining towers.
Unfortunately it also is know for it's very touristy main drag that has a lot of shops. I feel that this detracts from the historical appeal of the city. But if you break off the main street in just about any direction you find many nice little streets.
Like this one.
Here was the small church in the center of town.
I loved these nice arches all throughout the city.
And the tall towers were really well preserved.
I'm a big fan of cats, so every time I come across them on this trip I just had to take pictures. This one was very friendly and just walked right up to us and let us pet him/her.
"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
-Albert Einstein
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