Sunday, August 16, 2015

Flashback: Siena, Italy


Flashing back to our summer vacation last year, it is easy to say that of all the places we visited, Siena was our favorite city to visit.  We loved the various districts that the medieval city is divided into: dragon! porcupine! unicorn! GIRAFFE!

The cathedral with the stripes both inside and out was our favorite as well.  The stories laid out in the floor were much more interesting to look at then the religious portraits in other naves.

Tuscan vineyard on our way to Siena

stopping at a winery for a quick taste!

leaving Florence (finally!) and driving into the Siena area

lunch at an amazing cafe and grocery, Menchetti

never seen (nor tasted) tomatoes as beautiful as these

Siena's Palazzo Pubblico, where the Palio, the horse race, is run yearly

Double Eagle contrada sign

Siena Cathedral

Rhino contrada

picnic outside the cathedral, listening to a choir from University of Manchester

an amazing breakfast danish at Nannini's

Giraffa contrada

Mom and Dad on the wall at Montreggino

Volterra

all of us at Volterra

Montreggino

Siena with the Cathedral on the hill

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