Siena

The rest of us get to see Siena today in its glory instead of staring at it from a distance. The drive is not as bad as Bernie, Nicole, and Jane have been there already. It is a warm beautiful day and the tourists are out in full force. We walk towards the center of town the ll Campo. It's a curved center like a shallow bowl, this is where they have their by-yearly famous horse races. Now it is surrounded by shops and restaurants. Of course, we arrived in front of our favorite shop the Gelateria. It's gelato time! After we go in search of the torture museum. For a small fee, we see all the ways people were tortured. Humans can be quite barbaric and cruel. Now psychopaths have a bible on how to torture and kill with the history collected. People would be tortured for some of the simplest things, I would be dead now, and thank god we have evolved over the centuries for freedom of speech. After we walked to discover little things about Siena, like how difficult it is to get around with a vehicle (not us) and a festival going on that evening. Talking about vehicles, we found our Vespra to take our photo with. We were a total embarrassment for Ron but it was all done with a lot of laughs. We had drinks to discuss dinner plans. All of a sudden you could hear a marching band and a parade of people in the streets ending in ll Campo. We went to a place for Steak Florentine that was at the bottom of Siena I swear. A quaint spot, not busy at all due to the locals being at the festival. It happened to be a victory party for the owner of the last winning horse race. They sure go all out! The steak dinner was awesome and not for those who don't want their steak dead. It is done rare and comes as 1-2 kg of T-bone meat. We left feeling good and not overly stuffed which was good for the walk uphill. It was an enjoyable day.Weiterlesen