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Under the Tuscan Sun - now with photos

February 6th 2008
Today I saw sunshine for the first time in almost a week. It was a welcome change in weather seeing as I have managed to get rained on almost every single day that I have been in Florence. Today I took a bus ride to San Gimignano. Unfortunately I had a slow start so I didn't get to San Gimignano until the afternoon, which worked out ok as San Gimignano is quite small. I got of the bus and wa ... read more
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