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Travel Blogs from Siena
Siena is Piazza del Campo
... fill the Piazza. It's also home to one of the oldest universities in Europe.
The countryside of the Chianti area between ...
The Italian Version of San Francisco
Want to get an intense leg workout and don't live in San Francisco- come to Siena! Proper walking shoes are a must to travel around this city.
The city is lovely- as is just about every Italian city- and plays host to the famous horse racing that occurs once a year (Palio di Siena). I of course arrived a week or 2 too late in order to witness the madness.
I was privy to a guide that was essentially impossible to understand ...
Wedding Day
... villa at the time! We have all felt strange in different areas of the villa as well. All in all, this was a very interesting part of our trip.
The wedding was held in Monteriggioni. The town is very picturesque and the town hall is very old, being built in the medieval ages. It really was quite hot but the wedding was really nice. ...
Tuscany!
... br> Mick has hired a car for us to travel to a few different places and we find ourselves in San Gimigniano, and some other fantastic Tuscan places.
Siena is a cool place and there is so much history here. Just walking throughn the streets is amazing and I'm getting used to the Italian way of life to some extent. The food is the first thing I notice, it is so good!!! ...
Siena....Seen there....been there.
... within the Cathedral examining the intricate work. The most striking element being the black and white marble stripes. Then we moved onto the crypts which freaked the kids out. After another excellent lunch, we wandered the streets quickly realising it wasn't going to be a retail paradise like Florence so we wandered on into a town park which afforded a great view of the city. As the ...