San Gimignano, Italy
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I thought vacations were about sleeping in and eating a lot... guess not when we got a wake up call at 6am to head off to San Gimignano. We could sleep in but then we would miss our FREE breakfast so we got up and took advantage of ham, cheese, & croissants. We all piled on a bus with Tara & Sean and about 40 other rambunctious folks. Im telling you they are fun and suprisingly love to drink anything. We got to the town of San Gimignano and it was so beautiful, of course Delshad had to take a million photos before we even climbed the hill to the town square (Piazza). We found a underground wine bar where we had an awesome bottle of wine with olives, Georges favorite. After getting a little tipsy we climbed back down the mountain and were off to St. Donato Winery. It was a small family owned winery where the owner named the wine after all his daughters and wife. We got a great tour and sat down to a much needed meal. The olive oil, bread and meats were to die for. Talk about getting the old folks snockered hahaha... After full bellies of wine we headed back to the hotel to get ready for a great night out in Montecatini Alto which was a small town directly above our hotel that we had to reach by tram. The view on the way up was incredible and we had the best meal so far in Italy...
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BURB !!!!!!
They are great pictures, and mom and I envy you two.I'm curious.........do they stomp their grapes ?
Bring back a couple of recipes, to try in December.
Enjoy.....Enjoy........
Visions In Stone / JAIME PIZZA
FUN PICTURES / THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
SO MUCH FUN!!
GLAD YOUR ENJOYING THE WINE AND THE SIGHTS,
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PIZZA?
PRIMO SUPREMO!
JAIME
VISIONS IN STONE
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Ah Italia!!! Meet any Vallone's yet??!!
MALAKA!!!! DELSHAD!!! haha
Soo I'm glad my good friends don't even give me their travel blog off to my own homeland. I have to get it from my girlfriend in COSTA RICA tonight! wtf... I see how it is guys;) jk... Maybe I wasn't suppose to get it so I don't give the link to Creech?!?!? haha just playin.
Anywho, So I just finished reading the travel adventures and checking out your beautiful pics. What can I say, it brought a tear to my eyes... I wish I was in Italy so bad tagging along, but, I'm glad you guys are there representing and i'm sure your glad i'm not there tagging along! I can't wait to see all your amazing pics Delshad and hear the stories from Matt about how drunk you got with the locals. Ahhh viva italia...the life....the simple things...all about RECEIVING LIFE.
I saw one pic of proscuito on bread, I almost fainted. haha
Well I look forward to your continued travels and pictures. Now I have something to look fwd to while at work other than Fantasy Football! haha
Have an amazing and safe time! And try to remember half of it in between the wine tastings;)
ciao ciao...vino vino... Michael Anthony Vallone
Montecatini Alto view
Hi! As regard as the panorama from Montecatini Alto, visit http://www.montecatinihelp.info
and click on 'Our favourite photos...'
You are right it's impressive!
Isn't the wine buzz great?!??
Hey you guys! So glad you are having a blast! Thanks for the pictures....Italy is gorgeous, huh?!? Stay safe! Love you!!