On Monday, Ray Maggie Julie, Dave and I took off for Siena. It's another walled city that Danny and Bev had been to earlier in their travels. They have a huge horse race that they were setting up for, so the main Piazza had a dirt track laid around it. Here is a picture of the main Duomo that we saw. There was a gorgeous chapel inside with 4 amazing Belini sculptures...
Tuesday, we took the Eurostar Train up to Bologna. I like the feel of the city. Didn't have near the amount of tourists that we had seen before, but still had great architecture. Most of the sidewalks are covered with arches, so it was much cooler exploring. We found a cool little side street that had tones of produce, cheese and fish markets. Gotta tell ya... I was running past the fish market. To say it smelled strong was an understatement. Do you know how embarrassing it is to be gagging in the street? We finshed up our tour with an amazing lunch followed by Gelato! Here are a couple of pictures from there... Ray plotting out day on the map and my favorite cheese market!
Wednesday, all 17 of us headed to Florence for the day. We had tickets for the Uffizi Museum in the afternoon, so we broke up in the morning and explored the city. Maggie and I got out of the museum first, so we got some gelato (in case you haven't noticed, that's a theme on this trip) and wandered around the river and peeked in some shops. We met up with Ray, Tony, Danny Bev and Dave for a beer at the Hard Rock. I know... I didn't want to go in either, but they had air conditioning and beer! All of us ended up staying in Florence for dinner and headed back that night. Tony, Paul, Jenn, Sara and Tim climbed to the top of the Duomo and said it was quite the hike, but the view from the top was pretty amazing.
Okay, I think I've got you up to date! I have to get going. Stephano, our host, is making us wood fire pizzas for dinner tonight and he's about to make the dough... a must see.
Ciao!
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