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    • Europe 2022 - 2023
      112
      Day 30

      Siena, Tuscany

      June 7, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      This Tuscan hill town will transport you back to the Middle Ages. Siena's grand cathedral, built in the 1200s, has treasured artworks and marvelous marble floors. It is truly breathtaking and can even rival St Peters Basilica in Rome. The Piazza del Campo, the main town square shaped like a fan, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

      It's also home to the Palio di Siena, perhaps the most infamous horserace in the world. Riders representing seventeen Contrades or districts of Siena ride around the square twice a year. Think of it as NYC if Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, etc each had their own flag alliances and rivalries. Very Hufflepuff versus Slitherin. Then, twice a year they had horserace

      You can read more about the Contrades below.
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrade_of_Siena

      Read about the Palio di Siena below (with pictures)
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio_di_Siena      Read more

    • Paul am westlichen Mittelmeer
      11
      Day 26

      Stop in Siena

      November 5, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

      Jan wollte nur raus aus dem Hafen und ist einfach mal losgefahren. Er war ja nach 15 Stunden Schlaf ausgeschlafen. Wir sind dann noch ca 230 km gefahren und haben in Siena auf einen Stellplatz übernachtet. Jetzt sitzen wir am „Piazza del Campo“ und frühstücken. Die Sonne scheint, einfach herrlich. Die Fahrt gestern auf der Schnellstraße war sehr stürmisch und verregnet.Read more

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    • TravelerItalien
      Day 8

      Siena

      July 23, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

      Nach einen kleinen morgendlichen Spaziergang durch das mittelalterliche „San Gimignano“, stiegen wir ins Auto und fuhren 45 Minuten weiter nach „Siena“.

      Dort erwartete uns eine ganz andere Architektur (überwiegend Ziegelbau). Wir schlenderten durch die Gassen und ließen es uns nicht nehmen ein leckeres Eis zu essen. Trotz der vielen Leute hat uns diese schöne Stadt wirklich sehr gefallen. Nach einer Besichtigung der Kathedrale ging es zurück zum Auto. Dann ab nach Florenz, dort zum Bahnhof und mit dem Zug zurück nach Rom. Alles ziemlich unkompliziert. Etwas geschafft in Rom angekommen, gab es noch einmal typisch italienische Küche, bevor morgen der Flieger zurück fliegt.Read more

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    • Toskana
      Day 4

      Villi villi bunti Sma… Räguschirma

      March 26 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Zum ersten Mal diese Ferien gab es für uns ein Frühstück im Hotel. Leider sahen wir schon beim aufstehen, dass es draussen wie aus Kübeln schüttete.
      Wir liessen uns davon nicht beirren. Zwei Regenschirme gekauft und schon schlenderten wir durch die Gassen. Ein Souvenirshop und Modegeschäft nach dem anderen klapperten wir ab, kauften aber nichts.
      Gegen Nachmittag legte sich der Regen aber es blieb bewölkt um. Ein kurzer Powernap und dann setzten wir uns auf einen kleinen Balkon und tranken ein Apèro erneut mit Blick auf den schönen Platz. In einer heimeligen Osteria assen wir später italienische Spezialitäten. Der Wein kam hier erstaunlicherweise aus Plastiktüten. Dany meinte „Wein aus dem All“.      Read more

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    • TravelerItaly
      Day 3

      At the Florence train station

      October 23, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Somehow we were able to get tickets for a team that took us from the airport to the train station in Florence. At the train station we discovered that it cost 1 euro (approximately 1 dollar) to use the toilet facilities…Read more

    • Avoiding the heat EU tour
      212
      Day 47

      The best of Tuscany

      October 20, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      Today we embarked on a tour of the Tuscan countryside.

      The day's first stop was the city of Siena, where we had a guided city tour, including exploring the beautiful Siena Cathedral, before wandering around the small alleyways ourselves.

      After Siena we enjoyed the scenery as the bus enterd the Chianti wine region. When we arrived at a vineyard, we sat down for a traditional Tuscan lunch comprised of fresh bread, pasta, salad, cold cuts and local cheeses, accompanied by a wine tasting. We tasted 4 wines in total and probably polished off 3 bottles between us before we had to rally to the bus before traveling onward to San Gimignano, where we explored the squares and cobbled streets, and browsed the local shops.

      The day's last stop was Pisa, where we watched lots of people doing the thriller dance at the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. We arrived at the perfect time to get some photos in the rain before watching a vibrant sunset.

      Step count: 23.7k      Read more

    • Laurie ReynoldsHeading to Tuscany
      2132
      Day 15

      Cathedral Day

      September 19, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      I decided to head out in a new direction this morning before breakfast. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that the data I had bought as part of Verizon’s “international plan” was about to expire. I had quite the time wandering lost in the early morning, and Joe was happy to keep on sleeping!

      We spent most of the day in the cathedral, the baptistry, the crypt, and the museum. With two breaks in the duomo square café for aqua frizzante. It was a great visit. The exterior of the cathedral (mostly 13 C) is an unbelievable frenzy of columns, capitals, arches, and more. The cathedral’s marble floors, decorated with biblical and mythological scenes in the 14-16C, are uncovered only for a few months of the year, and we were lucky to see them. But my favorite was the crypt, the ancient church that lies under the current cathedral. It was only discovered in 1999, I read, and it has some beautiful 13C frescoes of Christ’s life. In the museum, there is a walk several hundred steps up to a great “vista panoramica.” Joe sat patiently in a very airconditioned gallery in front of a priceless Madona and child.

      We had a light lunch in the main square, nothing great (except for the view), but enough to hold us till dinner. When I left Joe back in the hotel for his afternoon rest/nap, my plan had been to climb the Torre Mangia in the main square. Not sure why I hadn’t figured that the tickets were likely to be sold out, and so they were. My other choices were the Pinacoteca, which houses the best collection of Siena romanesque, and the San Domenico church, where the severed head of Santa Catarina de Siena is in a reliquary for all to see (her body is in Rome). I started with the Pinacoteca, and found some medieval pilgrims begging, but no Santiago. Then I walked over to San Domenico, where I didn’t spend much time with the gruesomeness, but did enjoy the walk and got terrific views of the cathedral from below.

      Dinner tonight in Siena at a very highly rated place, though it may be wasted on my un-foodie palette . Joe is still holding up very well, and remembers that he is in Siena!      Read more

    • Italien Sommer 2023
      1121
      Day 7

      Ankunft im Hotel Palazzetto Rosso, Siena

      September 6, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      In Siena angekommen, durften wir mit unserem Auto durch die gesperrte Altstadt zum Hotel fahren. Dort angekommen, musste eine Angestellte unser Auto mit Kennzeichen fotografieren und der zuständigen Polizeibehörde per mail senden, dass wir keinen Strafzettel bekommen, da die Einfahrt in die Altstadt videoüberwacht ist.

      Das Hotel, ein alter Palast und von außen eher unscheinbar. Aber hinter der Fassade liebevoll restauriert und eingerichtet. Unsere Design-Suite ist der Hammer.      Read more

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    • Laurie ReynoldsHeading to Tuscany
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      Day 14

      Another travel day.

      September 18, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      I decided to take a cab to the Lucca train station, though we had walked from there to our hotel when we arrived in Lucca. The whole trip to Siena was very easy. Two regional trains with a 20 minute transfer in Florence. On arrival in Siena, I continued the luxury travel theme and decided to take a cab, because the walk would be straight up and tough for Joe. Unfortunately, there were about 10 parties in front of us and it took us almost a full hour to get to the front of the line and hop in a cab. Apparently, Siena’s cab contingent dropped to under 50 during covid and is now up to 54. But oh well.

      Our hotel is right in the middle of the historic center, very convenient. I had to manage cathedral tickets again to account for Joe not climbing the tower. With timed entry and different tickets to visit different things, it was a bit complicated but I managed. After a quick lunch, Joe took a nap and I headed to the porta del cielo, which took us up and around the cathedral dome. I had about another 90 minutes to just walk and get oriented. This is a tremendously beautiful city, just wow. It has been a bit cloudy this afternoon, but that doesn’t detract from the medieval and gothic beauty.

      We ate dinner in a slightly upscale place called Tre Cristi. It’s about two minutes from the hotel, which was good for Joe. He was feeling good after dinner so we walked to the main square and then on up to the cathedral, both beautifully lit up at night.      Read more

    • TravelerInterrail
      Day 48

      Kleinstadt Siena

      November 5, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

      Die Kleinstadt Siena liegt unterhalb von Florenz in der Toskana und die Stadt wurde mir von meinen Eltern empfohlen die auch schon hier waren :) und ich kann nur sagen dass es sehr gut war den Tipp anzunehmen und diese schöne Kleinstadt zu erkunden. Hier finden derzeit sogar die Siena Awards statt, die verschiedene Fotoausstellungen beinhalten. Generell war die Innenstadt sehr süß und hier befindet sich eine der schönsten Plätze Europas!Read more

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