Thursday 2 June

This morning we had a bit of a panic!  Last night we discovered that today was a national holiday (independence day) and we were told that everything would be shut.  No wine supplies! or Food!! Luckily we found a supermarket where we could stock up (including champagne - see below).

Panic over, we went up to the hill town of San Gimigano, which is stunning.  This is reputed to be the most beautiful of all of the Sienese hill towns with 11 medieval towers.  It's also where Tony Blair stayed on holiday a few years ago (although I think he was staying in one of Silvio Berlusconi's villas and probably didn't spend much time in the town....bunga, bunga, know what I mean!!).

This was a street artist reciting Dante's Inferno, pretty classy and a bit better than the hawkers you get in Cardiff Queen Street.  This one is for Rob..

This was also the day that Adrian's big deal was due to complete.  Here you can see him pacing up and down in the afternoon waiting anxiously for news!

And yes, it did complete, so out came the champagne:

 Not sure why this has come out sideways, but you get the idea (and yes it was raining at the time but still 27 degrees).

Ended up with a very nice celebratory dinner: