Park Siena
Via di Marciano 18 Siena, Tuscany, 53100, Italy
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Under the Tuscan Sun
... Chiesa di San Domenico' which is where they have what they believe is the head and thumb of St. Catherine, patron Saint of Siena.
I lit a candle here too- can't believe it has been a year.
We went for something to eat afterwards and ate very well but drank even better.
The following morning, we got up and readied ourselves for our much anticipated pool day- only one problem: the pool was closed (out of season.) So instead we had a gravel ...
Il Palio
... appropriate regalia. Each pair of flag bearers has a fancy flag twirling and throwing bit that they do at each corner and because I had strategically placed myself in the best corner of the piazza, I had a front row seat to all of them. It is a little like figure skating in that the two team members work together to throw the flags around and catch them and then there is the big trick that involves trying to get your flags higher than any ...
More than a color
... with the necessary plug configuration. I won't leave you in suspense: they did find the right converter and it worked for about two hours before dying in a blaze of glory (Okay, slight exaggeration: it just died with a whimper). For the remainder of the trip, any number of well-meaning group members would swear they had just the thing he needed (If only they'd known!) only to discover they misunderstood completely.
So, the rest of us piled ...
A Night in Siena
... could take a shower longer that 5 minutes without having to worry about losing the hot water. So I took a good 45 minute shower and Kevin preceded to do the same. The one thing I didn’t like was I found 2 white bugs in my bed….ekkk!!!! I have a little problem with freaking out about bed bugs so I freaked out the whole night when trying to go to sleep and was itching all night because I was worrying so much. Oh well, I lived. ...
Burnt Siena.
... and white marble was stunning and you couldn’t help but be mesmerized. Not that the Donatello and the Raphael paintings helped…
The entire floor area was a masterful comic book like storyboard from the Bible all etched and in mosaic in marble. Very cool. The outer façade at the front was all decorated with the animal kingdom a bit like the Laon Notre Dam. And even though there were the legions of tourists everywhere, it was a very reverent ...



