“Time to wake up” were the first words we heard early that Wednesday morning around 5:30 am. We had a long drive ahead of us down to Pisa and Siena. This would have been a beautiful scenic drive except for the fact that it was raining and there had to be over 200 tunnels! As we neared Pisa and it was still raining we decided to alter our trip plan and head straight for SienaSienna and hopefully some better weather and see Pisa on our way home the next day. Dave found a short cut to Sienna on the map but got an F in navigation once we were embroiled in the small towns and traffic and waiting for two trains.
We located the Garden Hotel, checked in, and headed into the old town around 3 PM.. What an amazing city! The buildings were four and five stories tall and the cobbled streets were wide. The vendors and shop owners had everything you could imagine. Our first stop was the Piazza del Campo Publico where they run horse races every year (the Palio).. This was thethat largest piazza I have ever seen and on at one sideend was the Palazzo Publico (or Town Hall) which held the famous Globe room featuring the BVM surrounded by saints, and the even more famous Hall of Peace, with the fresco (1337) depicting the ‘Effects of Good and bad Government.’ The bell tower was 286 ft high. .
We then toured the lustrous Duomo with its alternating stripes of black and white marble, and ate a wonderful dinner back at the Piazza del Campo.piazza. Peggy and Penny had potato gnocci, Dave had mushroom and rice, and Patti, Yvonne and Ron had pizza. The dinner was topped off with yummy dessert for all then back to the hotel and sleep.
We located the Garden Hotel, checked in, and headed into the old town around 3 PM.. What an amazing city! The buildings were four and five stories tall and the cobbled streets were wide. The vendors and shop owners had everything you could imagine. Our first stop was the Piazza del Campo Publico where they run horse races every year (the Palio).. This was thethat largest piazza I have ever seen and on at one sideend was the Palazzo Publico (or Town Hall) which held the famous Globe room featuring the BVM surrounded by saints, and the even more famous Hall of Peace, with the fresco (1337) depicting the ‘Effects of Good and bad Government.’ The bell tower was 286 ft high. .
We then toured the lustrous Duomo with its alternating stripes of black and white marble, and ate a wonderful dinner back at the Piazza del Campo.piazza. Peggy and Penny had potato gnocci, Dave had mushroom and rice, and Patti, Yvonne and Ron had pizza. The dinner was topped off with yummy dessert for all then back to the hotel and sleep.
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