San Gimignano is a summertime tourist trap, but not much in October. We stopped by en route to Siena mainly to look at the remarkable 14th C frescoes in their little Duomo.
Why does this hilltop village have so many towers? No earthquakes. Lots of towns, like Siena, knocked their towers down for safety.
I had some speck (cinghiale speck, in fact) for lunch with a beer. Italian speck is not German speck. It is some sort of norceria. It came with those cheese-stuffed crackers which were amazing but I have no idea what they were.