First thing in the morning, we once again made our way to the train station to meet our tour bus. Unfortunately, this time we were unable to spot our tour bus as it was a different tour company from the day before. So we began running (almost) back and forth from one side of the train station to the other, crazy Americans, accosting random Italians for assistance! (Also I should mention that I already had several blisters on my feet from all the previous days walking, so I was not a happy camper.). We finally found the right person to ask and located our tour guide. Not an auspicious beginning....but we were happy that we didn't miss the tour.
First stop- San Gimignano, a truly charming, small medieval city with narrow cobblestone streets and lots of small shops. We were given about an hour an a half to wander the city on our own. Then back on the bus on the way to lunch and wine tasting at a chianti winery.
After lunch, we headed to the city of Siena, a much larger city than San Gimignano, but with the same charm. However, it was once again very HOT and the streets were CROWDED with people, motor scooters and cars. We had a walking tour, showing us the significant sights and then were left to wander on our own. By this time we were dragging, so we were happy to get back on the bus. However, the tour had one more stop.
We drove to an outpost/castle, now a tiny village of about 50 people, which was on top of a mountain. I don't remember the name of the village and we only stopped long enough to walk around the village and take a few pictures.
Back on the bus for the drive "home" to Florence, arriving at around 7:30. A very very long day!!!
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