Photographer: Josh Eckels
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First light from our garden
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Moon still high in the sky
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Warming up
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Not quite over the hills
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First sliver of the sun
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Bee getting an early start to the day
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Blazing away
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Misty lowlands
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Stretching up
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An island in the mist
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Catching the early sun
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Ready to scatter
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Red and orange
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Morning dew
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Fuzzy sage
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Long sage leaf
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Climbing higher
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Pieve dei Santi Stefano e Degna
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Pieve dei Santi Stefano e Degna
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Old well
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A bit more modern than other art in the area
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Piazzale Montemaggio
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The gate to San Gimignano
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City wall
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Heading up Via San Giovani
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Our first of many towers
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Torre dei Becci
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One of the shorter towers
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Saying hello
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Overtaken by vines
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Of the 72 towers, 14 remain
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Similar designs, slightly different heights
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Torre del Diavolo, with old neighbor rooflines visible
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Another tower
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Towers everywhere
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At the top of Torre Grossa
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Looking west to Parco della Rocca
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Looking south
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Looking east
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Taking in the town
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What a short tower
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Enclosed bell
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Looking east, with the Ex Convento San Domenico on the edge of town
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At the top of the town
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Peeking down into Piazza della Cisterna
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Lots of frescos inside
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More greyhounds!
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Five in a cluster
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Time to seek food
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Food!
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Inside Duomo di San Gimignano
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Torre Grossa and its passthrough
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Piazza del Duomo
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Hopping outside the walls for a bit
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Gelato time
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Vote communist!
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Sunset begins back in Castiglione d'Orcia
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Happy hour
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Oranges and purples
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The whole sky's colorful
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Fiery backdrop
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One more shot
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Dinner time - pasta
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Steak and duck
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And an espresso
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Plus some tiny tarts we picked up earlier
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