I think I scheduled a little too much time in Siena, but we made it work.
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I think I scheduled a little too much time in Siena, but we made it work. | |
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| We paid the extra 10 euros ($11) to have breakfast at our hotel, out on the terrace. Breakfast included fresh sweet croissants, yogurt, pound cake, juice, and coffee made to order. | We ate our breakfast with this stunning view of the Duomo and historic Siena as a backdrop. WOW! |
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| After breakfast, we made our way to Il Campo, Siena's main square, and then behind it to Siena's old market. It reminded us a lot of the empty fish market we saw at the Rialto in Venice last summer. | Next, it was back to Il Camp for some photos. Everyone was crowded in the shade! |
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| The touristy fun of Il Campo! | |
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| We both really liked Il Campo's decorative fountain. (So did the pigeons!) | Here I am with the City Tower in the background. |
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| Walking on Il Campo! (It's like a brick-paved, clamshell-shaped beach.) | From Il Campo, we walked to Siena's Duomo. We got grapes for lunch and ate them as we walked around. (It was so hot, I really struggled to eat lunch.) |
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| After a siesta, we walked to the Fortezza (fortress) which had beautiful views of Siena. We walked all the way around the large fortress, then we went and checked on our car. | |
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| That night for dinner, we returned to Ristorante San Domenico, but we had pasta rather than pizza. I had hand-made ravioli in cream sauce (left), and my mother had pici (a fat local spaghetti) cacio e pepe (with cheese and pepper). They were so good! | |