Excursion to Siena

Excursion to Siena

We took an excursion to Siena to visit the town, and to have a winery dinner.

The tour of the Cathedral of Siena is another awe inspiring event for us. It is truly amazing how art, marble etchings, and sculptures can tell the history of the bible. And again, there was so much. To account for all the art would be like counting the gains of sand on the beach.

Aside from the Cathedral, of course, Siena had shops that needed shopping. We found a nice Christmas ornament made of Morano glass. And the day would not have been complete without gelato.

But the purpose of the trip, and highlight of the day was the winery dinner.

We had a good time. Our host, whom we would have sworn was the grandson of the winery owner but said he was not related, was entertaining. He was quite boisterous and humorous.

For the second time, we had onion jam. I will try to make the onion jam when we get home.

The winery was a winner, if for no other reason than we entered the evening with an attitude of fun and continued through to a sweet end.

The sun set as we dined. A fingernail moon and the last bit of sunlight glowing from the clouds silhouetted the crest of a ridge.Read more