The Siena Vibe

The Baltour bus from Perugia dumped us off at the train station instead of Piazza Gramsci. Oh well. I'm (almost) done sweating the details. We took a cab to our hotel, the first cab we've taken since we started our trip. Antica Residenza Cicogna is a great little B&B very close to the heart of the action in Siena. Nic told them we were on our belated honeymoon and they left us a small bottle of prosecco  in our room. When Nic spoke to them in Italian they upgraded us to the largest room we've had so far on our trip. The breakfast here is good and plentiful. I can strongly recommend this place. My only comment is there are no mini-fridges in the rooms, instead we can share a small one down stairs.

Lunch in Siena

Piazza dei Campo

I share this attitude

The famous tower at Campo.

The Piazza Campo is treated like a beach. Anyone can just lie down here and chill with a bevy if they chose.

I wasn't too interested in putting a lot of effort into our Siena visit. We opened our Rick Steves book and followed his Siena walk around some of the landmarks.

We came to the Duomo and decided it was the right time to go in. Some pics from inside.

The next day we woke and started wandering around in many of the same places we'd been.

Siena takes 1 day. More time here is fine if you like Gelato or wine or just relaxing. Nic and I got a lot of all that done here.

The Olive Orchard.

We'd found our favorite bar near Il Campo. Had a few wines and picked our favorite. This the best white wine we'd found so far in Italy. Check out the name.

The Piazza at night.

Siena has been great but do not bother with the Tuscan Wine School. It's a very bad value. 90 Euro's for 2 of us, a boring tour, a lame cheese platter, slice of pizza and some gelato. And they made me drink Olive Oil. Yuk.

Other than that, Italy continues to be amazing. This is our last night here though. Tomorrow is Florence in the day and a flight to Barcelona in the evening. Check back on Friday.

Cheers.