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La Costa Siena

Via Coppoli, 15 Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Buon Natale

A travel blog entry by slmcmillen

2

... pick up on a theme - there were stars
with long tails above many of the doorways in the village streets and people
were coming and going out of each open door.
They were talking and laughing excitedly. We had seen the sign announcing the Presepe
but had not yet found it and began to look around curiously.

A young
woman who spoke limited English saw our confusion and approached us with a
friendly ...

Lunch in the Rain

A travel blog entry by slmcmillen

... I purchased several of the soft wool pashimas - some for me and others for friends and family, then received a quick lesson from the sales clerk in the art of wearing the pashima. With her help I looped a colorful pink scarf around my neck and stepped back out into the light rain, feeling instantly warmer and happy inside. Tom, of course, was not as interested in colorful scarves and had stayed outside the shop to snap pictures of the streetscape. ...

Suzie’s Yard: much ado about olives

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

5

... but relatively slow and methodical; such that you only realise you’re completely exhausted once you stop. Large nets are carefully laid out on the ground, before the ‘clappers’ begin their work. The clappers are every seven year-old boy’s dream – long poles with huge, yellow combs of teeth that sound like machine guns. They effectively slap the olives from the branches extremely quickly but causing minimal damage to the tree.

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Siena, Tuscany

A travel blog entry by parkes

5

... a tiny alleyway with a cafe. Whilst ordering we realised it had terrace. Now this terrace was 3m long x 1m wide and held 8 stools. We plonked our buts on 5 of them and wow, wow, we found ourselves overlooking the IlCampo. We had an incredible view and we made the most of it. Must have sat and gauked for about 2 hrs. We noticed that other people kept checking to see if we were leaving but they were out of luck on that ...

Under The Tuscan Sun

A travel blog entry by emilystrickland

... with addition of red marble on the
façade. Black and white are the symbolic colors of Siena, linked to black and white horses of the legendary city's founders, Senius and Aschius. My favorite part on the inside was the stained glass window dedicated to the Last Supper. There is also a statue of St. Peter by Michelangelo. The Chapel of St. John the Baptist was also beautiful, finished during the High Renaissance ...

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