The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel with a panoramic view from their patio, but there were lots of flies buzzing at the windows. The highlight of the breakfast for both of us was the yogurt.

After breakfast, we went to the Duomo which had floor to ceiling frescoes of Jesus’s life and Bible scenes. It was very cool, almost cartoon-like. After the Duomo, we took a tour of the civic center and saw some art. We then climbed to the top of Torre Grossa, which of course was a lot of steps up. The view was very nice of the town and the countryside.

It was getting very hot again, so we decided to do something indoors. So, we went to the torture museum which was very interesting, yet disturbing. They had all sorts of old torture devices like the guillotine, chastity belt, thumbscrews, and “the rack”.

After the musem, we walked around and looked for the Wine Museum, but like Prato it was fleeting. We never did end up finding it.

We had lunch at the square by the Duomo, then took a drive about 1 hour away to Monteriggioni, which is a well-preserved medieval town. There were more steps to get into the town, which was very small, picturesque, and old. We had very good fresh homemade fruit gelati: banana, lemon, and peach. It was probably the second best gelati of the trip for me, and Theresa’s favorite.

As we were driving back it began to rain for the first time, but only for a short while. When we got back to San Gimignano, we napped and got ready for dinner at Dorando. The restaurant was quaint, with white plaster walls. It has exposed brick and wood beamed ceilings. We had an amuse bouche of liver tart and antipasti of salmon and fig, then pasta and truffle with duck ragu, fresh ravioli, guinea hen with honey glaze and black sesame, stuffed veggies with spelt, strawberry mousse. The food, as well as the service, was excellent. They played the soundtrack to the movie Philadelphia on the loudspeakers, which was funny for an Italian restaurant. After dinner we sat on the Duomo’s steps for a while and people-watched, then went back to the hotel.