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<\/a>Autumn in Tuscany \u2014 a view from San Gimignano<\/p><\/div>\n
So here we go again \u2014 Italy, with my favourite pizzas, pastas and a variety of Italian desserts. Let’s add some local ham and cheese to the list and there we are \u2014 in the culinary paradise. This time we started with Perugia<\/strong>, the capital city of Umbria. It’s a nice, middle-sized town and a perfect spot for a family walk in an early Saturday afternoon. We chose a hotel associated with wine (Hotel Gio Wine Area<\/em>), although wine wasn’t our main motivation \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0The hotel looked very friendly, was in a convenient location and had quite a good restaurant, which for us \u2014 feeling very tired after the flight, long wait for the pram to appear on the baggage claim belt (of course it appeared on the wrong one) and an enormous traffic jam on the way from Rome to Perugia \u2014 was a life-saving factor. From the hotel we walked to a train called MiniMetro and after a couple of minutes we found ourselves in the Old Town. Such a beautiful place! Especially if you realise that first accounts of the city (then called Perusia) come from as early as the 4th century B.C.! Piazza IV Novembre is also worth visiting if you want to feel the atmosphere of this lively city.<\/p>\n Perugia<\/p><\/div>\n After Perugia we went to Chiusi<\/strong>, a tiny and a bit sleepy town, where we had this:<\/p>\n “Simple” pizza in Chiusi<\/p><\/div>\n Chiusi – Museo Etrusco<\/p><\/div>\n a delicious though very simple (in the positive sense) dinner in a small local restaurant.\u00a0Capricciosa<\/em>\u00a0with olives, artichokes, mushrooms and slices of prosciutto<\/em>\u00a0was absolutely divine, and even the baby food we brought was re-heated and served in a clay bowl. As a starter we of course had antipasto misto<\/em>, which is a mix of regional specialties. \u00a0 From Chiusi we went to Montepulciano<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a charming and lively (as opposed to Chiusi) town, with small shops offering souvenirs and local delicacies. The truffle salami we bought there was, for a long time after we came back home, a nice treat for everyone who visited us.<\/p>\n Montepulciano<\/p><\/div>\n Although \u0141ukasz complaining a bit about us not staying in Montepulciano for the night, we decided to move on as our first plan assumed sleeping in… Siena.<\/p>\n Siena<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Campo \u2014 love at first sight<\/p><\/div>\n This was love at first for me. I fell in love with dark streets leading to the Old Town, old tenements and, above all, in Il Campo<\/em>, a big market square that is always full of people and never goes to sleep as at midnight crowds of younger and older fans of late nights are still there \u2014 sitting, lying, wandering around on the centuries-old cobblestones. The square is surrounded by restaurants full of people, there’s pizza, pasta and wine everywhere… Il Campo<\/em>\u00a0is equally fascinating at night and during the day, when the sun is shining and the sky is blue… you can even get a tan with your delicious pizza bites or at least “recharge your batteries” with the sun for at least another month \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Antipasto misto \u2014 the best of all starters<\/p><\/div>\n Delicacies in Siena? Again various pizzas and pastas, and something really special this time:\u00a0Melanzane alla Parmigiana<\/em>, which is a perfectly soft, mouth-watering aubergine with tomatoes and Parmesan cheese. And then pizza with rocket… It’s November but suddenly I feel\u00a0flavours of summer all over again.<\/p>\n Pizza \u2014 cannot be missed<\/p><\/div>\n San Gimignano<\/strong><\/p>\n On our way from Siena to the must-see No 1, Florence, we passed through\u00a0San Gimignano<\/strong>. This town is a lovely spot for a nice walk and breathe in in a bit of the Tuscan autumn. It’s famous for the towers rising above all the other buildings of the town, which look like prototypes of modern skyscrapers \ud83d\ude42 It’s hard to believe they were built in the Middle Ages. Those towers, apart from protective functions, were also a sign of the wealth and importance of their owners. From viewpoints in San Gimignano you can see beautiful, post-card like landscapes. You don’t believe it? Take a look at the pictures \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Tuscany in autumn, view from San Gimignano<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>