Family Sabbatical TravelItaly FriendsLucy Today we went to Sienna. After some illegal driving through the streets of the walled city, we got rid of the car and walked into town down streets like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060002 that had adornments like these ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060001 on their walls. Next we walked to the Duomo seeing first the baptistery ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060003 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060004 where ceiling pictures like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060005 can be taken if you have this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060006 for help. Of course, the real thing ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060007 comes out better. We paid our 1000 lire and listened to the commentary ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060008 at high speed. Then we decided to help them ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060009 and refill their holy water urn.

Next we decided to do fancy photography framing people in the archway ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060010 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060013 since it took so long to ascend the stairway. We entered through the holy door ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060014 and were careful to obey the rules ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060015 though we did take pictures of the phone booths ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060016 outside the gift shop where we got this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060019 prized specimen. After a few final people pictures at the Duomo ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060018 it was time for lunch.

On the way to lunch we ran in to a parade of the winners of the Palio ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060020 on Sunday. Here's our gang at lunch Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060026 Lucy ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060025 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060022 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060027 Suzanne (and Jane) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060021 Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060023 and David ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060024 The water bottle was beautiful ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060028 though the label was impossible to remove. The food was good and good looking with pizza margherita ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060029 pizza with artichoke hearts ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060030 proscuito e melone ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060031 bruschetta ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060032 spaghetti pomodoro ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060033 The espresso benefited from this sugar ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060034 and we captured the waiters ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060036 including ours ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060038 Lucy made a heart from the water bottle ring ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060037 to expand upon her noodle heart of yesterday.

Next we went to the bell tower ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060039 and climbed the first 94 steps to this lady ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060040 who led us to believe that there were 493 steps in all (actually there were only 400). When we got near the top, we were rewarded with this view of the first bell ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060041 and of the city ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060042 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060044 and of Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060043 We climbed on ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060045 to reach the real top ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060046 from which we could see the restaurant where we ate lunch ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060047 and more views of the city ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060048 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060049 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060050 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060052 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060056 including the Duomo ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060054 the fountain ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060057 and dead birds ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060051 Lucy and Jane took this picture of David ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060053 from the top bell ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060055 We then did the long walk down ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060058 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060059 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060060

Our last stop in Sienna was at Nannini ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060061 for gelato. Of course we had to take a few more pictures of the tower we'd climbed ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060062 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060063 as we left town for the drive to Greve.

While lost in Greve, we found what we had been looking for for the last few days ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060064 a laundry that would wash our clothes for 12,000 lire for 5 kg. This helped us find our way ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060065 so that Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060066 and Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060069 could have a swim with Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060067 while Sarah finished her book ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060068 We then drove up the hill for dinner at this place ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060071 where fortunately we had brought no dogs along ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060070 so we could be seated as the sun began to set ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060072 Everyone was there Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060073 Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060075 Jan ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060076 Jan ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060077 Sarah ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060078 and Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060079 Sarah took pictures of the table trying to get rainbows ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060074 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060081 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060082 alternating with pictures of the skyline as the sun set ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060083 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060084 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060085 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060086 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060087 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060088 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060089 and we concluded dinner with pictures of Benjamin's dessert ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060090 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.06.00SiennaAndGreve//P7060091