Cara and Amy talked me into driving to another town, San Gimignano, today. An activity I am tiering of. The driving, not the hanging out in Tuscan cities.
The town had almost as many towers has it did tourists, each one taller than the next. San Gimignano is maybe twice as big as Lucignano, but has one hundred times as many tourists. It seems like the town 20+ years ago was not unlike Lucignano, a mix of local Italian life with some tourists helping sustain things. But now it seems to me that nearly the entire economy revolves around tourism. Oddly enough though, San Gimignano maintains a small town feel. The shops are focused on artisan works. We bought jewelry from the woman who makes it in the shop.
-Issac
Location:San Gimignano, Italia
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