Siena

The next morning after florence, we find ourself with an overcast day at the villa. but this allowed for some beautiful photos of the countryside.

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and the view of cortona on the hill side was phenomenal.

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so the plan for this day was to drive to Siena, and spend the day there.  so off we went, in our two cars

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we got to siena, and found a parking lot.  upon exiting, this is the view that greeted us.

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walking around, we found sienas duomo.  each city has one.

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whats the deal with not having your dog walk

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a very rainy day

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I wanted to explore more, so i split off for an hour to walk to the other side of the city.  i found this.

the first empty church ive found on this trip

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and outside the church, looking back towards siena.  i tried to get over that wall, but there was no way thru our around it for me. bah.

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and the countryside

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found another view back

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panorama of the square

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a cold baby

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wet piccione (also called pijonay by us all trip)

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worst selfie ever

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family photo.  do noa and i look west coast or what.

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another rainy countryside

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last view of siena as we were about to head out.

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overall, i really loved Siena.  there were less crowds, i don’t know if because of the rain or not, but its just not as big a city.  there were parts where i was alone, like the church.  it also is a very photogenic city.  i was wandering the streets and you would see glimpses of the nice views, and back at the city itself all over the place.  i really really enjoyed it.  i think at this point it was one of my highlights for sure.

 

So driving home, we decided to take a scenic route detour, and drove through some hills.  these cool clouds were sitting right on the treeline.  just in general a really nice drive home on some twisty roads.

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then when we got back to the villa, we had some spectacular light as the sun was setting.

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overall, a great day.