{"id":2243,"date":"2007-06-04T01:20:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T01:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/san-gimignano.html"},"modified":"2007-06-04T01:20:26","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T01:20:26","slug":"san-gimignano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/san-gimignano.html","title":{"rendered":"San Gimignano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because we lost access to posting pictures on the blog when we got to San Gimignano, a delightful Tuscan town south and west of Florence, we thought a few pictures from &#8220;San Gimi&#8221; might interest some of you:<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nA hillside from the wall of San Gimignano and Kris holding up the wall:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-031.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-031.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-031.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-031.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-042.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-042.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-042.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOK, twice a day Kris and I indulged in Italian gelato. Evidently the Italians take the competition seriously enough to write it out in English!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-047.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-047.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-047.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-047.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd sometime before and after gelato, this is what we also had:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-050.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-050.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-050.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-050.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd when Kris found some shopping to do, this is what I tried to do:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-063.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-063.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-063.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-063.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe &#8220;piazza&#8221; at San Gimi was a highlight. Here are the daily locals who sit there and must be saying, &#8220;Thanks you Americans and Germans for dropping some Euros in our coffers!&#8221;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-066.jpg\" title=\"san-gimi-066.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/06\/san-gimi-066.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"san-gimi-066.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd here&#8217;s our hero. 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