The swallow at San Gimignano

Yesterday at the restaurant in S.G. we had a close encounter with a wild swallow.  He seemed almost tame, sitting for a long time on the top of the door in the restaurant..about 10 feet from our seats.  We soon discovered he had built his nest on the ledge over Dave's head. Dave decided to put his hat on!

The door the bird perches on..A beautiful view of the mountainside through this door.

 The view is the amazing outside the restaurant.  A view of Tuscany countryside from the wall around San Gimignano.

The swallows nest was right over Dave's head!

.Linda and I are both bird lovers so this was an extra special treat for us to have the swallow working on his next at close range while we dined.   A grapevine arbor is to my left  in the couryard,with sunlight filtering through the leaves.  The swallow is able to gain access to his nest this way when the door is closed
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This beautiful view was a little further down, on the walkway, outside the restaurant.