Entrance to the inner city

When we reached the top of this hilly alley we still weren't in "downtown" San Gimignano. We had to enter an inner wall to get to the town's center square. You can see Tyler and Cassie's old grade school teacher, Mr. Bashore, wearing the blue and orange EF backpack. He brought his family along and was the prime instigator of the dinner wine club.

Day Three (Monday)

June 26th 2006
What a great night's sleep I had! I actually had to pull out the blanket from the armoire as it became freezing cold in my room. I wasn't about to mess with the thermostat and maybe knock out the a/c. I sleep best when I'm a little chilly anyway. We had to get up early (7:00 am) because we were leaving early in order to drive clear across the country to Florence. Normally it would take a li ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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