Pisa, Florence, and San Gimignaro

After visiting Cinque Terra, we stopped in Pisa for a quick minute before heading to Florence. After a tour of Florence, it was on to San Gimignaro, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We visited it real quick then did a Wine Tasting in one of the wineries there. I love some kinds of white wine, but was a little disappointed by the wine in tuscany believe it or not. I was more in love with the wine in Germany.

Pisa is not a destination. I'm glad I went and can say that I've been there, but I don't ever need to go again. You can't bring your bus close to Pisa, you have to walk. Its not far, but its about 15 minutes both ways, and it has so many people peddling anything and everything. Be warned and keep your stuff close at hand.

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa

First stop on tour was the Duomo. It is stunningly beautiful on the outside. The inside was a little bland compared to the beauty that was the outside. Its another UNESCO World Heritage Site and you can see from the photos why. 

Duomo

Duomo

Duomo

Next we walked to the Ponte Vecchio, which is a medievil bridge that has shops over it. There used to be butchers shops, but now there are jewelry shops.

Ponte Vecchio 

Then we walked under the archways (that used to be a passage from one side of the city to the other for the royal family) to the Piazza del Signoria to see the Statue of David. 

Archways

Statue of David

Carousel on our Walk

After that we did a tour of a leather shop, which believe it or not was super cool. Leather is a huge industry in Florence. I ended up buying a few things including a "promise/puzzle" ring. It is a ring with 4 bands that intersect. It will fall apart if taken off (which is has several times and is currently at a jewelers with hopes of getting back together). 

After that we were on to San Gimignaro in Tuscany. It is called the city of towers, there used be 20-25 towers in the town, but now there are only 12. We had the world's best gelato which is currently fighting with the place just across the Piazza for that title. 

Then on to the wine tasting in tuscany. The place was beautiful and i'm glad that I did it. I can see how people would spend weeks on vacation there. 

San Gimignaro

San Gimignaro

Tuscany