Duomo Siena

... ever been inside and it was so cute! She had these three huge bookcases that her architect sister designed filled with books, paintings and drawings on the wall and a baby grand piano that a girl in our class played while we sipped our tea. The apartment itself was pretty large by Italian standards and our class of about 25 fit inside her living/dinning room with ease.

As far as the ...

... over the rocks into the pools and the first Roman designed showers. Since it was night time it was hard to make out everything but I could easily see the mist and fog rising off the hot waters. Hotels and fancy restaurants and shops have now built up around the baths. He also took me to visit Monticciello, Montipuchiano and Pienza, all are etruscan hill towns. The streets are narrow stone paths built on a slant winding up between the connected ...

... until we got to Il Campo, Siena’s civic and social center ever since it was staked out by its "Council of Nine" (a bourgeois group responsible for much of Siena’s construction) in the mid-14th century. The Piazza del Campo itself is colossal, and is divided into nine parts to represent the Council. In the upper part of the square lies the Fonte Gaia (Happy Fountain!). From there, the entire square slopes downward like the basin of a ...

Arezzo, la ville qui a suposement inspirer michelange !! 500 ans plus tard, on se deman de bien ce qui a pu l'inspirer! Puis c'est roberto bellini qui a fait son fillm "la vita est bella" dans les cantons a l'extrerieur des murs de la ville. C'est vrai que ...

... sud des alpes, encore une tres belle strucutre de marbre.Nous somme retourne a la tour du chateau de la piazza del campo pour y monter et prendre quelques cliches des colines de la toscanes.

le retour en autobus nous a permis de voir de differents paysages, et plusieurs chateaux au travers des vignes de la region des chianti !

... to view a famous Abbey and Chris was none too pleased having tried to get us out the door early knowing the Abby shut at 12.00 to get there at 11.55 and not be allowed in –opps we were all in disgrace for a few minutes and have made a mental note to be vigilant about getting out the door earlier. Hope his threat of going off on his own tomorrow is idle as he is the only one who can drive in Italy.. Went to the internet café, where to get a ...

... untilo just south of Bologna when we stopped Linda went off to the loo and faster than you can think she was back saying " its a hole in the ground and it stinks" Let me explain they have a square area with a hole at the back and two platforms for your feet. You gracefully remove clothing and assume the position, only problem with thsi one was no grab rail so one slip and your in ...

... pluvieux. La tour était penchée et l'église était belle. Il était le premier de beaucoup. Nous avons mangé nos déjeuners sur les escaliers du baptistère. Le soleil a apparu et il était vraiment joli. Il était très bizarre d'entendre des personnes parlent anglais. Paolo et moi a commencé de jouer « Où est cet accent de? » Il était vraiment amusant. Éventuellement il a changé dans « Quel langage est que? » Après déjeuner nous sommes partis pour Siena. J'ai l'adoré. Il ...

After the longest day of travel and heat in my life <bus, train w-o air, bus, cab, bus) and a canceled train due to a strike, we finally made it to beautiful siena late afternoon yesterday. we have a quaint little hotel just a hop and a skip from the piazza del campo. this town is very cute and has much fewer tourists. more hills, small roads and cute outdoor restaurants everywhere. last night after dinner we went to find ...

... seem to have been built exclusively for defence. The streets are narrow and winding and lower floors of buildings have few windows, looking more like fortresses than homes. All these cities and towns have impressive walls, all virtually intact. How terrible life must have been in days gone by. And we think we live in a violent society today? We purchase our picnic supplies in a little grocery store, which has the best bread we have tasted ...