Academy Hotel Siena

We arrived from Lucca just in time for a sublime sunset... it was like the sky was on fire!! See photos!!<br>I was a bit pooped so I opted to stay in the scoobs reading and relaxing while Kim headed into the village to scope it out. <br>Next morning started with a beautiful sunrise which was quickly replaced by some storm clouds. Fortunatly the storm passed over without parting with a drop of rain and we had sun again when we both headed ...

... and geleta, i.e. ice cream. We are back at the room and packed for our final place to see tomorrow as we head by train to Cinque Terre. We are staying on Manarola and think it will be an easy train ride and a wonderful view. We will attach pics tonight and then sometime tomorrow attach some video to show you the parade in the square with people on stilts.<br>Hugs and Kisses<br>Mick and Lisa<br>XXX<br>OOO

... of me. She yelled at me and I snapped my hand back. In Italy the Italians eat at the counters after ordering and stand there and eat. It was funny, Mick and I were laughing and then decided we should order a little of meat and sausage. In Rick's book it talks about a picnic lunch they make for around 15 euros. I told the guy just small plate, please. Well 21 euros later the stupid americans were taken again. We went to our balcony and drank some wine and ...

I hope this works, it has been hard to attach some of the video because it times out. FYI to all my not so computer literate friends and family. When you first open the video, it will start and then stop in the middle to keep reloading and then start and stop again. This can get frustrating but is necessary until it is completely ...

Hello friends and family,<br>We have made it to Siena from Venice thank goodness and it was almost easy. We had to change trains in Florence and thought it would be crazy, but everything went smooth and then we got in Siena and could not find our room again. We got on the wrong bus even though when we gott on I asked the mean bus driver and he said, "yes, yes". Then when we asked some fellow ...

... view from the top.. so worth it!<br><br>We went out for lunch as I wanted to try the wild boar with pasta (pici pasta, typical sianese) after a guy who i use to work with recommendations.. yummo but a full belly made me pretty tired. We asked the guys where good places would be to go out and got told, not many, just a few pubs as there was not much there. Oh damn, we had planned on ...

... There was a layer of goey filling which kinda reminded me of very goey, very sweet mochi. It was sprinkled with powdered sugar and chopped nuts. Yikes! 5 million calories, oh well. After this, we waited, and waited and WAITED for the tab even after asking for it and then saw the waiter smoking a cigarette and bull-jiving with some of the other guests. It usually takes quite awhile to get the tab here so we typically request it but this ...