Park Siena

... for our walk through the walled village. There is a 14th century fort with make up part of the walls. Today it is used as a prison - your not supposed to take photos of it, but I snapped a couple off before I knew... luckily I was not spotted by the local polizi. The town was cute for sure but I'm not sure it deservered all the accolades given to it by other travellers we had met in Lucca. Having said that we did take more photos than usual.

Hello everyone,<br>We had such fun today!! The square had it's first ever market day or flea market. It was filled with cheeses which by the way Percino was our favorite and the fresh sliced procuitto was unbelievable. We just walked around all day. The first part of the day we did two loads of wash and dry which cost $18 us dollars. Then we had wine free and paid and had a great time. We then came back to ...

... 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 ...

... like we knew what we were looking at and of course I was talking when a young girl named Meghan came up to us and helped. Yes, a Meghan wow it was great. We talked to her and she was here on her own from Washington going to med school for free because she was volunteering at the hospital. She stays with an Italian family and she said it is O.K. We followed her and then she went one way and we ...

And apparently it was the voice of Siena.<br><br>As strange as it sounds to say about a town I've spent only 4 hours in, that is halfway across the world from where I was born; I feel like I'm home. Anybody that knows me. And I mean really, really knows me, like way back from the"ice cream man" days knows me, can appreciate how perfect this place is for me: pasta for every meal, pizza when you're sick of pasta and gelato every night. Okay, you're right, you don't have to know me very ...

... the Autobahn, both wearing sweatshirts with the hoods pulled up. With an hour to go I need a café, and finally we made it in to Sienna. We got in at 7 and I was ready for bed. We checked into a hostel then grabbed pizza and went back to the room. They had wireless so I logged on and waited for Mike's reply. I went to bed, and at 4 am my phone rang with Mike's number. I hit the wrong button and ended the call instead of answering it. I grabbed my computer ...

... the palio that the bank hoards, showing girls in long dresses perched on rooftops for a view of the game, or torches covering the entire facade over the piazza at night. And the gelato- having visited so much of Italy, I have decided that Nanini cafe, Siena must be close to the very best in Italy. Grom in Florence is famous and I love it, but the fromage pear gelato I got from Nanini is such an exquisite piece of culinary art. Do try it out if you drop by Siena.

Howdy all! Great day today. We got up early for breakfast (between 7:30 and 8:30) and bussed into town to hire some scooters (they call them motorini here and there are more motorini than there are cars). We both hired 100cc scooters, mine was a Peugot so I felt a bit more upperclass :) After a few mishaps with accidentally driving on the wrong side of the road we got the hang of things and headed out to the Chianti region of Tuscany ...

... small bathroom and a kitchen, and other stairs leading to the room I share with Anne. When we first got to our room, I immediately climbed the winding staircase that was in our room. It looked like the stairs just stopped at the ceiling, but when I got to the top, there was a small window, which I opened, and I crawled out onto our.....TERRACE!! It's absolutely gorgeous. We want ...