Agriturismo Il Poderaccio di Lisa Rava
Travel Blogs from Siena
Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
Makin' The Best of It
... forgotten setting with the tiny timer ticking in the corner of the screen. No need getting into all the details, so long story short, it didn't work because the one piece we needed is home in the States. P was pretty dejected about it, and it took a long time before he would let it go. And now the phone is less usable than it was before until it can get home and get set back up again. A pretty big disappointment after all ...
Dinner in Siena
... bus take corners and round abouts. Bryan (who was seated facing forward and could look out the front window) said it looked like he was driving right for the pedestrians, and they were unconcerned. Fortunately, he didn't hit anything or anyone and we made it back to the train in one piece.
We checked the departures board and were a bit taken aback when we realized that the train we were about to catch was the last one for the day. ...
We're men, we're men in tights!
... the morning on our second day in the city, and we were wandering around taking photographs. Suddenly, off in the distance, we heard the rumble of drums. As we ran closer, the sound got louder, until it reverberated off the medieval stone walls of the winding streets. You could feel it in your body....we turned the corner, and suddenly there we were! In the middle of the contrada parade. We were the only people not wearing the scarves of ...
Bonus stop sorta
... us toward the campsite, we realised that atleast today this was all a learning process so we can stay out later tomorrow if we want cause we know how ths bus works.
Anyways we are home safely now, only a few days till we're farming. And all those hours Dad and Uncle Stuart spent on me going out to the farm might now be put to some use. What fine luck we are all having?
Peace & love,
Al + ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking