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Five Day Challenge – Day Five

The Five Day Challenge is
Post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph and each day nominate another blogger for the challenge.

ONE YEAR AGO

One year ago we were in San Gimignano in Tuscany in north-central Italy. This is a small walled medieval hill town known at the Town of Fine Towers it is famous for its medieval architecture and for the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses.

The town is immediately recognisable as it sits on a hilltop and the towers on the skyline make it visible for miles around

We spent several happy days wandering around this lovely town and admiring the architecture much to the delight of the Architect.

And once again special thanks to Cat at Catterel for nominating me. Now I nominate Granny at Granny1947. Granny lives in South Africa, a place I have never visited, but I love to read Granny’s posts to learn a little about the country.

22 responses to “Five Day Challenge – Day Five”

catterel | June 15, 2015 at 20:46 | Reply

Beautiful. Was that a fortified village, like the villages perchés in the south of France, that were often attacked by the Moors/Arabs?
- judithhb | June 15, 2015 at 23:14 | Reply
  
  Yes it was fortified and sitting high on a hill was more easily defended. Thanks for nominating e for the challenge – I really enjoyed it.
  - catterel | June 16, 2015 at 08:36 |
    
    So glad you enjoyed the challenge! In Provence, I believe the houses in the villages perchés were built tall for practical reasons, too – not a lot of space to spread horizontally, and the animals were housed on the ground floor. Their body heat helped keep the upper storeys warm. And it was easier to defend yourself from above if your house was attacked.
Darlene | June 15, 2015 at 23:17 | Reply

All your posts were great! I am having fun with this too.
- judithhb | June 15, 2015 at 23:36 | Reply
  
  Thanks so much Darlene. I had fun and I see you are too.
Darlene | June 15, 2015 at 23:18 | Reply

I wanted to say, this village looks charming. ❤
- judithhb | June 15, 2015 at 23:37 | Reply
  
  When you get to Italy (after you get fed up with Spain) make sure it is on your list of places to visit.
marianbeaman | June 16, 2015 at 00:44 | Reply

My husband and I love the charm of Italy especially the villages of Tuscany and then farther south along the Amalfi coast. You photos bring back fond memories.
- judithhb | June 16, 2015 at 08:00 | Reply
  
  Thanks Marian. It’s amazing how quickly the year has passed since we were there.
nrhatch | June 16, 2015 at 09:16 | Reply

I’m glad you nominated Granny1947 . . . she’s been goofing off too much. 😛
- granny1947 | June 16, 2015 at 16:32 | Reply
  
  Oh Dear Judith…the pressure!!!!!!
  - granny1947 | June 16, 2015 at 16:34 |
    
    Posted this in the wrong place.
    Good way to start.
    Goofing off?
    Me?
    Oh ok…maybe!
- judithhb | June 16, 2015 at 17:03 | Reply
  
  Goofing off, Granny. Well this will give her something to do.
granny1947 | June 16, 2015 at 16:33 | Reply

Oh Dear Judith…the pressure!!!!!!
OK…I shall give it a bash.
Though I have no exotic places to talk about.
Will have to dig in my archives.
- judithhb | June 16, 2015 at 17:04 | Reply
  
  Well done Granny – no pressure but we will all be looking for the posts.
  - granny1947 | June 16, 2015 at 17:29 |
    
    I posted two pics just now. Guess they don’t count? 🙂
dorannrule | June 17, 2015 at 00:26 | Reply

Soooo beautiful!
- judithhb | June 17, 2015 at 11:24 | Reply
  
  Thanks Dor. One of my favourite places on earth. 🙂
Crowing Crone | June 17, 2015 at 05:04 | Reply

I love seeing pictures like this. It does make me a bit homesick and yet also reminds me of the beauty in that part of our world.
- judithhb | June 17, 2015 at 11:25 | Reply
  
  Yes there’s beauty everywhere. And it’s also great to come home again
pattisj | July 18, 2015 at 15:42 | Reply

The tower houses are quite unique. One would imagine a lot of stairs involved.
- judithhb | July 18, 2015 at 20:59 | Reply
  
  The stairs will either keep you fit or kill you me thinks.