Piccolo Hotel La Valle Pienza
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Tuscany Pienza Wednesday
Tuscany Pienza Wednesday Another long day with another underestimated mileage. They must be taking the straight line distance between towns. Ignoring the zig-zags of the gravel tracks and more importantly the up-downs. Since these medieval Sienese people were so agressive, all the Tuscan towns are located on hilltops making the last 4km of every …
An afternoon of olives
On Wednesday... I slept in 'till 8:30am, then had a scrumptious breakfast of pastries and bene (good) Italian caffe. (I just had the same breakfast this morning, Thursday, but asked for fruit tomorrow. Otherwise, my clothes won't fit!) After breakfast I headed off to my friends' house, but couldn't remember which direction to go! Virginia, the innkeeper, kindly I offered to take me on her way home -- we still got ...
Io Arrivo!
I made it! It's a looong ways to go! Via Frankfurt Airport which is a HUGE airport, particularly when one lands at gate Z and leaves from gate B. To get to gate B walked many long corridors, two moving side walks, and three elevator rides. Then... a 10 minute bus ride around the Tarmac to get to the small plane for Florence. And, finally a train ride to ...
Siena
The day was rainy and quite cold but definitely didn't ruin my plans. Today I spent the day in Siena, another semi walled commune. This is a place that you could just wander up and down its streets for hours, which I did. I think I took in a good mix of old and new here. As lunch hour was approaching I aimlessly wandered looking for a place to have a bite and stumbled upon a university with super cheap ...
The Italian Version of San Francisco
... beauty of these places and I know my memory will eventually fail me; therefore, a photo is the only solution.
The most memorable part of Siena in my opinion was the Duomo. It was....incredible. The inside blew my mind. The outside had amazing sculptures with incredible detail. (*I have yet to see the inside of the Duomo in Florence so I can't compare- however, the outside of the Italian Duomo is still amazingly beautiful*). ...
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