Day 5 : San Gimignano
Whew! Since I've been back in the states, I haven't found the time to describe the back end of the trip to Italy. It's about time...
So...where was I? We left Siena (after one more visit to Nannini for cappuccinos) on day 5 and took off for San Gimignano, a small town high in the Tuscan hills. The views continued to be breathtaking along the way. By the time we arrived at the town, we realized it was quite touristy and busy. Instead of trying to park and find our B&B, we decided to drop me off at the main entrance so I could find the owners who also operated a local tobacconist shop in city. This was the first time that I was by myself (with little knowledge of Italian) trying to ask for directions. It was quite amusing conversing with the owners who then drove me to the main entrance of the city to help the girls park. We pulled in front of their car and tried to wave them to follow us, but they couldn't see me in the car and thought we were some tourists looking for them to move from their parking spot. The look on the girls' faces were priceless when the big, bald American (me) leaned out of the window of the car with my Cheshire cat smile to motion them to follow. They were quite surprised. Vanna (the B&B owner) showed us a secret parking space and then drove us to our room, which had a picturesque view of our surroundings. It was breathless. We were starving and decided to visit a ristorante called Chiribiri on the recommendation of Vanna. We had to put our name on the wait list and later realized that it is customary to actually wait outside for your name to be called instead of coming back at the specific time requested. This amazing feast (which cost 62 euros) consitented of risotto with aromatic herbs, pork Steak with oil, vegetable souffle, lasagne, carpaccio with gorganzola, pasta with pesto sauce, house wine and espresso (with Sambucca for Linda). We rolled out of this amazing place and proceeded to walk the few streets of the city. It was very crowded, but we managed a pleasant visit. Alli and I climbed the main tower of the town to witness the amazing views and we all had some of the best gelato on the trip later that evening. The next morning, our breakfast was less than desirable at the B&B, which culminated with this quote from Linda:
"I like skin on people, not on my coffee". We then took off for Lucca.
So...where was I? We left Siena (after one more visit to Nannini for cappuccinos) on day 5 and took off for San Gimignano, a small town high in the Tuscan hills. The views continued to be breathtaking along the way. By the time we arrived at the town, we realized it was quite touristy and busy. Instead of trying to park and find our B&B, we decided to drop me off at the main entrance so I could find the owners who also operated a local tobacconist shop in city. This was the first time that I was by myself (with little knowledge of Italian) trying to ask for directions. It was quite amusing conversing with the owners who then drove me to the main entrance of the city to help the girls park. We pulled in front of their car and tried to wave them to follow us, but they couldn't see me in the car and thought we were some tourists looking for them to move from their parking spot. The look on the girls' faces were priceless when the big, bald American (me) leaned out of the window of the car with my Cheshire cat smile to motion them to follow. They were quite surprised. Vanna (the B&B owner) showed us a secret parking space and then drove us to our room, which had a picturesque view of our surroundings. It was breathless. We were starving and decided to visit a ristorante called Chiribiri on the recommendation of Vanna. We had to put our name on the wait list and later realized that it is customary to actually wait outside for your name to be called instead of coming back at the specific time requested. This amazing feast (which cost 62 euros) consitented of risotto with aromatic herbs, pork Steak with oil, vegetable souffle, lasagne, carpaccio with gorganzola, pasta with pesto sauce, house wine and espresso (with Sambucca for Linda). We rolled out of this amazing place and proceeded to walk the few streets of the city. It was very crowded, but we managed a pleasant visit. Alli and I climbed the main tower of the town to witness the amazing views and we all had some of the best gelato on the trip later that evening. The next morning, our breakfast was less than desirable at the B&B, which culminated with this quote from Linda:
"I like skin on people, not on my coffee". We then took off for Lucca.
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