A day in San Gimi-Jams

Since on Fridays we only have one class that ends at eleven, yesterday we decided to spend the rest of the day in San Gimignano, which is another small Tuscan hilltop town about 45 minutes away. We hopped on a bus and got there a little after noon.

San Gimignano is a lovely place to go for the day, since it was gorgeous and calm, but I have to say, the lovely sleepy town thing would be difficult to live in, at least for students like us. But for the day it was great! Calm and relaxing with great views of the country side. The first thing we did when we got off the bus was find a cafe for lunch where we could sit outside in the sun. There was really only one that was easily found, because it seemed like a lot of places were closed down for winter months (January and February) since the tourist count was low.
Next we got tickets for the small musuem there and the Basilica, and all together for students the tickets were only 2.50, which is always nice. I really like the frescos in the Basilica there because the story was very accessible. One side of the church was old testament and one was new. As much as I've enjoyed seeing all the religious art I have to say, there has been plenty that I don't totally follow. Maybe it's just because I've seen so much and have been learning to recognize things, like John the Baptist always dressed in hair, but still, it was nice to have something laid out in a way that I understood well.
We also spent some time wandering around nears the walls of the town and enjoying the views. It was a nice enough day, and since San Gimignano is famous for it's white wine we bought a couple bottles and lounged in the grass as the sun went down. It was very Tuscan and picturesque!
When we got back to Siena around 8 I was just in time to make it a string quartet concert in town that I hid signed up to go to. It only cost 4 euros and was pretty and relaxing.

All in all, it was a lovely relaxing Tuscan Friday.